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REPORTING  STYLE: 
AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE: 

WITH 

KEY    AND    QUESTIONS. 

NEW  AND  ENLARGED  EDITION. 


BY 

ANDREW  J.  GRAHAM,  A.M.,  M.D.- 

FOR  MANY  YEARS  VERBATIM  REPORTER  OF  LEGISLATIVE,  LEGAL,  POLITICAL, 
TECHNICAL,  SCIENTIFIC,  AND  RELIGIOUS  MATTERS,  AND  CONDUCTOR  OF 
THE  NEW-YORK  STANDARD-PHONOGRAPHIC  ACADEMY  ;  AUTHOR  OF 
STANDARD  PHONOGRAPHY,  EMBRACING  MANY  NEW  AND  VALUABLE  IM- 
PROVEMENTS ON  THE  OLD  PHONOGRAPHY  ;  AUTHOR  OF  THE  STANDARD- 
PHONOGRAPHIC  SERIES  (OUTLINE,  SYNOPSIS,  LITTLE  TEACHKR,  HAND- 
BOOK, FIRST  AND  SECOND  READERS  WITH  KEYS,  DICTIONARY,  REPORT- 
ER'S LIST,  ETC.)  ;  EDITOR  OF  MANY  VOLUMES  OF  PERIODICALS — FROM 
1853  TO  1892,  ET  SEQ.  (THE  UNIVERSAL  PHOTOGRAPHER,  THE  COSMO- 
TYPE  THE  PHONOGRAPHIC  INTELLIGENCER,  THE  VISITOR,  THE  STU- 
DENT'S JOURNAL),  DEVOTED  PRINCIPALLY  TO  PHONETIC,  PHONOGRAPHIC, 
AND  REPORTING  MATTERS  ;  AND  AUTHOR  OF  BRIEF  LONGHAND,  SYNOP- 
SIS OF  ENGLISH  GRAMMAR,  PHONOGRAPHIC  NUMERALS,  ETC. 


NEW  YORK : 

ANDREW  J.  GRAHAM,  744  BROADWAY. 
1893. 


ENTERED,    ACCORDING    TO    ACT   OF    CONGRESS,    IN    TUB    YEAR    1889,    BY 

ANDREW  J.   GRAHAM, 

IN     THE   OFFICE     OF     THE     LIBRARIAN     OF    CONGRESS,    AT   WASHINGTON,    D     C. 

COPYRIGHT,  1892,  BY  AXDHKW  J.  GRAHAM. 


INTRODUCTION. 


The  PRACTICE-BOOK  SERIES  is  designed  to  afford  cheaply 
a  series  of  practice-lessons,  in  convenient  form  for  prac- 
tice ;  my  beautiful  process,  Stereography,  furnishing  a 
perfect  fac-simile  of  my  phonographic  penmanship,  and, 
therefore,  a  clear  and  trustworthy  guide  as  to  the  best 
shaping  and  joining  of  characters.  These  exercises  are 
accompanied  by  a  Key  intercolumned,  allowing  the  most 
ready  reference  from  the  engraving  to  the  Key,  or  the 
reverse.  Foot  notes  and  questions  give  needed  additional 
instruction. 

The  Practice-Book  Series  is  divided  into — Ucs=Un  vo- 
calized Corresponding- Style  (which  will  be  numbered  "  No. 
1,"  "No.  2,"  etc.)  and  Icr=Intercolumn  Reporting  (which 
will  be  numbered  "  No.  A,"  "  No.  B,"  etc.). 

The  Icr  practice-books  will  be,  for  a  time,  devoted  espe- 
cially to  AMANUENSIS  Practice,  that  is,  practice  well  calcu- 
lated to  aid  the  pupil  in  preparing  for  amanuensis,  or 
office,  work — especially  for  taking  down  letters  and  tran- 
scribing them  in  proper  form.  First  will  be  given  a  number 

iii 


IV, 

of  Letters  classified  as  Commercial  Correspondence,  and 
these  will  be  followed  by  specimens  of  Circular-letters, 
Letters  of  Introduction,  Letters  of  Introduction  and 
Credit,  and  General  Correspondence.  These  are  selected 
from  an  excellent  "  Letter  Writer  " — Anderson's  Practical 
Letter- Writer  * 

These  will  be  followed  by  letters  from  various  sources — 
Home  especially  of  recent  actual  business ;  and  other  ex- 
ercises and  features  will  be  added,  to  make  it  one  of  the 
best  guides  for  Amanuensis,  or  Office,  work. 

The  mode  of  using  these  Exercises  should  be  as  follows  : 

1.  Read  the  shorthand,  with  but  little  reference  to  the 
Key,  studying  the  notes,  making  the  references,  and  an- 
swering the  questions.     When  the  phonography  has  been 
read  several  times — and  it  is  as  well  to  read  it  a  few  times 
aloud ;     and    when  it  can   be  read   without   hesitation, 
then — 

2.  Copy  the  engraving  one  or  more  times,  imitating  the 
points   especially    showing   practical   experience,  making 
words  and  phrases  more  speedy  and  legible  ;  for  instance, 
the  use  of  offsets  for  hooks,  the  varying  slopes  or  curva- 
tures of  letters,  the  mode  of  xising  heaviness  (as  in  En- 
Dhet'-Kays,  in  that  case),  etc. 

3.  Test  the  thoroughness  of  your  study  and  practice  by 
writing  each  exercise  from  the  Key,  using  the  proper  out- 
lines, phrases  and  positions. 


*  Which  may  be  used  for  more  extended  practice.  Price  $1.25;  postpaid,  $1.33. 


V. 

The  pupil  will  generally  clo  best  to  write  his  characters 
about  the  size  of  the  engraving — which  is  about  the  size 
of  all  the  best  Standard-Phonographic  writers. 

The  best  order  of  studying  the  reporting-style  is  the 
following  : 

1.  Study  the  "  Keporting-Style  "  part  of  the  Hand-Book, 
pages  147  to  200.* 

2.  Study  the  Second  Header,  which  is  calculated  to  thor- 
oughly train  the  pupil  in  a  great  variety  of  reporting:  Lit- 
erary, Scientific,   Theological,   Political,  and  Legal.     The 
exercises  of  the  Second  Reader  thoroughly  mastered  will 
be   far   more    effective   than  many  more  pages  cursorily 
practiced.     Let  the  reporting-style  pupil  remember,  that 
he  needs  to  master  an  art,  not  simply  to  gain  a  smattering 
of  a  theory  ;  hence,  that  he  needs  to  study  and  understand 


°The  Reporting  Lists  should  be  perfectly  mastered.  Commencing 
with  the  Word-Signs  (p.  152),  proceed  thus  :  "  Pee  3[=third  position] 
patent-ed,  (Pee3-Bel,  patentable),  party,  happy;  Pees  1  [=first  posi- 
tion] possible-ility,  2  [=second  position]  posterior."  Use  the  nomen- 
clature for  the  characters,  and  also  write  them.  It  will  not  be  difficult 
to  familiarize  ten  or  twelve  lines  each  day,  and  also  to  review  those 
previously  studied.  Persistently  study  thus  the  Lists,  as  a  musical 
pupil  practices  his  "scales,"  and  you  will  soon  master  all  the  Lists  : 
Word-signs  (p.  152-167);  Contractions  (p.  183-193);  Distinctions  (p 
195-198).  The  "  Reporting  Sign-Words"  (p.  170-182)  are  simply  a 
repetition,  in  common  alphabetical  order,  of  the  list  on  p.  152-167. 
It  is  well  to  use  the  former  for  testing  your  knowledge  of  the  latter. 
The  study  of  the  Lists  is  kept  up  in  connection  with  the  study  of  the 
Second  Reader  and  the  other  reporting-exercise  books. 


VI. 

very  thoroughly  each  exercise,  and  then,  to   gain  speed, 
to  write  each  exercise  many  times. 

3.  Study  the  Lessons  to  an  Ex-Pitmanite  ;  the  notes  of 
which  will  be  especially  serviceable  in  teaching  the  reasons 
and  principles  of  the  proper  reporting-style. 

4.  Then — especially  if  you  -wish  to  prepare  for  Amanu- 
ensis, or  Office,  work — study,  accordiug  to  directions,  the 
Icr  Practice -Books. 

5.  An  immense  amount  and  variety  of  practice  may 
be  had,  if  desired,  by  the  use  of  the  "  Hyphenized  Exer- 
cises" in  the  STUDENT'S  JOURNAL  for  1879  and  subsequent 
volumes.  In  these  exercises,  the  proper  phrase-writing  is 
shown  by  hyphenizing  ;  as,  "  it-is-inipossible  ; "  occasion- 
ally a  position  is  noted  by  a  superior  figure  ;  as,  "  attrac- 
tion3," "to-do4;"  while  other  guiding  points  are  noted  by 
•other  simple  devices  which  do  not  interfere  with  the  prop- 
er reading,  or  sense,  of  the  varied  articles  thus  printed. 


(<f).  I.on'nt.— Filial  ?;,  nt,  etc.,  ending 
French  syllables  are  regarded  simply 
as  si-jus  to  nasalize  the  preceding 
vowel.  The  nt  here  nasalizes  the  e, 
ami,  in  addition  to  this  bad  treatment, 
it  is  sounded  like  o  in  on.  For  meth- 
ods of  stenographic1  representation  of 
nasalization,  see  Hand-Book,  p.  'Jim, 
Kem.  1'J.  For  all  which  methods,  you 


COMMERCIAL  COBEE- 
SPONDENCE. 


LORENT,°  Jan.  '85. 
MR.  DORMEUIL,*  Havre. 

My  Dear  Sir  :• — You  ask  my  ad- 
vice on  the  intention  you  have  of 
establishing  yourself  in  business  ; 
and  you  desire  to  know  what  are 
i  he  best  means  of  insuring  respect- 
nbility  and  success  in  commercial 
life. 

I  will  give  you  my  sentiments 
on  this  subject :—  First,  aim  at 
acquiring  all  possible  knowledge, 
and  especially  such  as  is  connected 
with  business ;  add  to  that,  irre- 
proachable conduct,  which  will 
gain  for  you  both  confidence  and 
credit.  Do  not  think  of  establish- 
ing yourself  too  early  in  life  ;  for 
a  young  man  has  neither  the  ex- 
perience nor  the  knowledge  requi- 
site for  such  an  undertaking  ;  nor 
yet  defer  it  till  too  advanced  an 
age,  when,  no  longer  prsseesed  of 
the  zeal  and  courage  necessary  for 
business,  one  is  lead  by  apathy  or 
dilatoriness  to  neglect  the  best  op- 
portunities, and  when  an  excess  of 
caution  sometimes  leads  to  unfore- 
seen ruin. 


may  prefer  to  substitute  Ing=ng,  the 
English  sign  of  nasalization.  But  re- 
member that  the  Frenchman  pronoun- 
ces the  vowel  as  though  he  were  going 
to  add  an  ng,  but  he  does  not  add  it. 

il>).  Dormfti.il. — When  foreign  names 
or  words  occur,  write  them  as  nearly 
as  possible  according  to  sound,  and 
then  get,  as  best  you  can,  the  proper 
spelling.  Here  the  principal  difficulty 
is  the  final  i/  sound,  which  is  repre- 
sented in  the  French  orthography  by 
il.  It  may  be  indicated  phonographic- 
ally  by  brief  Yay— either  Yeh  or  Yuh 
according  to  convenience.  The  Yay 
stroke  might  be  used,  but  it  would 
suggest  a  vowel  following. 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


(o).  Offer. — As  ~Wwc\  is  a  word-sign  tor 
form,  it  is  well  to  vocalize  Fen  used 
for  offer. 

(l>).  Or  have  them. — One  of  the  various 
devices  tor  making  junction- 
sometimes  a  partial  hook,  an  intiuia- 
tion  of  it,  as  here  Dent-Enter  and  in  tin 
not  enter;  sometimes,  an  offset  for  a 
hook,  as  in  Pers-Nel-Weuts,  jiersmitil 


Do  not  commence  in  times  crit- 
ical or  fatal  to  commerce  ;  consult 
both  political  and  public  events. 
If  there  be  war  going  on,  watch 
its  progress  attentively,  especially 
if  it  be  a  naval  war. 

Be  careful  not  to  establish  your- 
self before  you  possess  funds  ade- 
quate to  conduct  your  affairs,  to 
provide  for  your  personal  \\ants, 
and  the  maintenance  of  your  es- 
tablishment. Always  keep  some 
funds  in  reserve  to  meet  unfore- 
seen demands,  such  as  dishonored 
bills,  etc. 

Unless  some  very  advantageous 
opportunity  offer0,  do  not  enter 
into  partnership  ;  b  u  t  rather 
labor  and  accumulate  for  yourself 
alone. 

Let  the  arrangement  of  your 
books  precede  your  operations 
Continue  always  to  keep  them,  or- 
have-them-ke|.t6  in  the  strictest 
order. 

Above  all.  be  studious  to  ac- 
quire a  good  t'pistolarv  style  ;  tlie 
art  of  writ  ing  n  good  letter  is  very 
rare,  and  highly 


wantt  (above',  frequently  varying  the 
direction  or  curvature  of  a  letter,  to 
sharpen  a  necessary  angle  :  sometimes 
joining  smoothly  where  there  would 
strictly  be  an  angle.  See  Hand-Book, 
132. 


COMMERCIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 


(a).  See  Haud-Book,  §250,  1. 

(6).  Commissions. — See  Hand-Book,  p. 
II1.!.  Rein.  7,  t>. 

(c).  Ifouses. — Hook  made,  by  offset. 
See  another  instance  in  the  phrase  on 
y<mr  yiiard  (below)  ;  and  in  your  crfilit 


valuable  in  every  branch  of  trade0, 
but  especially  in  commerce. 

Be  prompt  in  replying  to  all  let- 
ters that  you  receive.  It  will 
show  attention  to  your  corres- 
pondents' interests,  and  will  gain 
you  many  commissions*. 

Connect  yourself  with  respect- 
able houses6  in  all  quarters  :  those 
of  acknowledged  piobity,  punct- 
uality, and  solidity,  and  whose 
business  i  s  analogous  to  your 
own  :  for,  such  as  chiefly  import 
wines,  for  instance,  are  not  al- 
ways well  versed  in  manufactured 
goods  or  corn. 

Be  on  your  guard  against  all 
who  are  of  equivocal  character  or 
doubtful  stability.  Your  credit 
will  rise  in  proportion  as  it  is  re- 
marked, that  all  your  transactions 
are  with  houses  of  unquestionable 
respectability. 

Conduct  yourself  towards  all 
persons  on  every  occasion  with 
civility,  and  in  a  wise  and  prudent 
manner.  This  will  render  you 
esteemed,  and  will  prepare  for 
you  friendship  and  support  in 
times  of  need  and  embarrassment. 


10 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


(a).  Be  not  puffed  up.— Here  the  rteg- 
a  t  i  v  e  auxiliary  be  not  is  naturally 
joined  with  the  principal  verb  puffed, 
or  rather,  puffed-up. 

(ft).  In  fulfilling.— Another  instance 
of  an  offset  for  a  hook. 

(c).  As  A  RULE,  (Imp  n»y  wiinJ  nr  ]i«,-> 
of  a  word,  that  may  rratlifi/  l>?  xit/>/>li"l. 

ESPECIALLY    IF     IT    SH<>T'LI)     BE    Is      1HI 
WAY   OF  A   DESIRABLE   PHRASE. 


Do  not  forget  yourself  in  pros- 
perity ;  be  nut  puffed  up"  with 
your  success  ;  and  never  despise 
the  unfortunate.  Recollect  that 
a  reverse  of  fortune  can  reduce 
millions  to  nothing 

Be  exact  and  punctual  in  fulfill- 
ing* your  engagements  to  the 
utmost.  As  far  as  possible,  buy 
and  sell  for  cash,  or  at  the  short- 
est6 credit  possible.  By  adopting 
this  rule  you  will  avoid  the  chance 
of  being  entangled  in  complicated 
affairs,  which  frequently  prove 
ruinous. 

Undertake  nothing  without  re- 
flection, but  weigh  deliberately  all 
your  measures.  The  rash  and  in- 
considerate prosper  only  by  acci- 
dent, and  their  prosperity  is  gen- 
erally very  short-lived. 

Lead  a  regular  life,  and  put  a 
restraint  upon  your  expenditure. 
This  will  sustain  your  credit,  and 
it  is  more*1  easy  to  save  than  to 
gain. 

If  you  find  yourself  embarrassed 
or  in  a  critical 


that  you  should  drop  a  word  when  it 
is  a  positive  convenience  in  joining,  as 
is  often  an  fi-ii-tl  or  fh?  tick. 

(d).  The  mode  of  turning  the  circle 
here  implies  something,  namely,  the 
Ar-hook  on  Mer.  Tees-Emp  would 
have  the  circle  on  the  left  of  the  Tee. 


COMMERCIAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


11 


ii. 


(a).  From  hariiifj  neglected. — As  here 
the  writing  of  the  Ing-dot  would  break 
tip  a  desirable  phrase,  we  drop  it. 
Another  instance  of  the  same  omission 
occurs  in  frnm  tun-inn  hail.  t'ref-Dee. 
To  make  distinguishable  the  Ef-hook 
on  curves,  regard  it  as  a  unclosed 
Steh  or  Ster  loop 

(6).  At  all  events.—  To  secure  a  desir- 


situation,  your  first  step  should  be 
to  ask  advice.  But  make  a  ju- 
dicious choice  of  your  advisers. 
Seek  them  first  among  those  who 
have  h  e  e  n  similarly  circum- 
stanced, ttnd  then  procure  the 
opinion  of  some  other  persons. 
From  having  neglected"  to  ask  ad- 
vice, and  from  having  had  too 
much  confidence  in  themselves, 
many  merchants  have  heen 
brought  to  ruin. 

Be  active,  assiduous,  honest, 
and  upright :  but  do  not  imagine 
that  your  talents  and  your  virtues 
will  insure  success.  No  ;  but  by 
so  doing,  you  will,  at  all  events, 
have  the  secret  approbation  of 
your  own  conscience,  and  the  con- 
solation of  having  acted  in  ac- 
cordance with  thec  dictates  of  pru- 
dence and  reason  :  so  that  what- 
ever be  the  issue  of  your  affairs, 
you  will  enjoy  the  esteem  of  sen- 
sil>le  men,  and  the  approbation  of 
Heaven.  I  am,  &c. 


able  phrase-sign — that  is,  to  write  to- 
gether the  words  as  they  are  spoken 
together — represent  the  v  of  events  by 
the  Vee-hook. 

(c).  Drop  with  here  as  a  word  readily 
supplied. 


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AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


(a).  20/A  intt.— See  Hand-Book,  g  274- 
6.  This  mode  of  expressing  tyin  num- 
bers (devised  by  the  Author,  and  intro- 
duced into  his  Reporter's  Manual  in 
v;is  probably  the  germ  of  his 
idea  of  lengthening  of  phonographic 
signs  to  express  ter  as  well  as  ther. 

(6).  Commerce. — It  is  advisable,  as  a 


LORENT,  25th  Jan.,  '85. 

MR  DORMEUIL,  Havre:  I  per- 
ceive, my  dear  friend,  by  your  let- 
ter of  the  20th  inst".,  that  you  arc- 
decided  ou  entering  upon  the 
career  of  commerce*.  I  congratu- 
late you  on  your  resolution.  As 
for  myself,  I  will  do  all  in  my 
power  to  render  our  connection 
both  agreeable  and  useful. 

I  notice  that  you  are  stud\  ing 
exchanges.  It  is  a  very  essential 
thing.  The  profit  that  a  mer- 
chant may  derive  from  the  fluctu- 
ations of  exchange  is  :m  affair  of 
attention  and  calculation.  The 
value  of  the  moneys  known,  the 
par  of  exchange,  and  its  actual 
course  given,  the  merchant  per- 
ceives in  a  moment  on  what  place 
it  is  most  advantageous  for  him  to 
remit  or  to  draw,  or  on  what 
place  it  is  most  convenient  for 
him  to  give  orders  to  be  drawn 
upon. 

matter  of  great  caution,  to  write  this 
word  in  the  position  of  its  derivatives 
Kays-Mer,  commercial-ly.  Kayi-Mer, 
wold  be  chimera,  and  its  plural  might 
conflict  with  commerce. 


COMMERCIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 


13 


C,   V 


-\- t-  -V»"W- 


(a).  /»  failures. — See  Standard-Pho- 
nographic Dictionary,  p.  915.  "  IN- 
[add]."— Rein.  1. 


But  it  is  not  enough  to  know 
these  combinations.  Another 
point  essentially  necessary  is  to 
be  able  to  distinguish  good  bills 
from  bad  or  doubtful  paper.  This 
is  a  very  difficult  and  delicate 
mutter ;  for,  the  greater  portion 
of  these  bills  do  not  represent 
funds  actually  existing,  but  a  con- 
stant use  of  credit  ;  and  a  bill  of 
exchange,  although  accepted  and 
indorsed,  does  not  always  deserve 
full  confidence,  because  the  ac- 
ceptor, relying  upon  the  appear- 
ance of  solidity  in  the  drawer, 
may  have  accepted  beyond  his 
means.  Thus,  my  friend,  the 
merchant  ought  to  endeavor  to 
become  acquainted  with  all  good 
commercial  houses,  both  of  his 
own  town  and  of  foreign  coun- 
tries. 

It  will  be  no  less  useful  to  him 
in  order  to  judge  of  the  quality  of 
bills,  to  know  the  branch  of  trade 
in  which  each  house  is  engaged. 
He  ought  to  know  as  iuuch  as 
possible  what  houses  are  interest- 
ed in  failures0 ;  for,  although  a 
firm  be  in  good  credit,  it  ought 
not  to  enjoy  the  same  confidence 
if  it 


14 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


v .?. 


have  sustained  losses  that  may 
absorb  its  apparent  capital ;  and 
its  bills  may  be  only  a  resource 
to  sustain  its  credit  or  to  support 
ruinous  speculations.  A  iia-rcliant 
who  has  been  careful  to  gain  this 
information"  refuses  to  negotiate 
these  bills  ;  but  he  ought  not  to 
allow*  anybody  to  penetrate  the 
motives  of  his  refusal. 

One  must  distinguish,  among 
bills  of  exchange,  tho-u  which  aie 
drawn  or  accepted  by  bankers, 
from  those  which  are  drawn  or 
accepted  by  merchants  not  tran- 
sacting bank-business.  Those  of 
a  banker  have  only  two  objects 
— the  profit  of  a  commission,  or 
the  profit  of  exchange.  For,  tin6 
business  of  bulking  consists  in 
these  two  operations.  Those  of  a 
merchant,  who  does  not  transact 
bank-business,  have  no  object  but 
to  make  a  payment,  the  profit  of 
exrhange  and  commission  being 
only  mixed  up  with  it  as  accessor- 
ies, and  as  a  natural  consequence 
<>f  the  operation.  In  paying  more 
particular  attention  to  this,  yon 
will  perceive  in  it  the  foundation 
of  confidence. 


(a).  This  information. — Though  this 
modifies  infm-mnti'M.  disjoin  the  latter, 
lest  (being  joined)  it  should  read  notion. 

(b).  Ought  nut  to  aU<ni<. — Break  up  the 
phrase  after  t<>,  so  that  allow  may,  for 
sake  of  legibility,  be  written  in  its  pos- 
ition. 

(c).  For  the. — Do  not  join  over  the 
pause  for  to  the. 


COMMERCIAL    COERESPONDENCE. 


15 


A.  prudent  banker  draws  no 
bills  except  to  his  own  advantage, 
with  the  exchange  always  in  his 
favor0 ;  and  accepts  for  no  firms 
not  reputed  solid,  and  still  to  his 
own  advantage.  He,  then,  who 
draws  at  a  disadvantageous  rate 
of  exchange — who,  seduced  hy  the 
attraction  of  a  commission,  or 
bound  by  previous  acceptances 
which  have  left  him  without 
funds,  continues  to  accept  for  a 
house  which  transacts  forced 
operations,  renders  his  signature 
suspected  For  ;i  merchant  nr ver 
draws  at  a  disadvantageous  rate 
of  exchange,  unless  forced  to  do 
so  by  the  necessity  of  raising 
money,  and  by  distress.  This 
dangerous  operation6  is  known  by 
the  bills  that  the  banker  draws 
upon  the  same  house,  or  upon 
another0  by  direction,  for  his  re- 
imbursement. If  in  this  case  we 
examine  this  firm  with  a  little  at- 
t  e  n  t  i  o  n  ,  we  sh;ill  find  it 
embarrassed.  For  rumors  of  this 
state  of  things  always  transpire, 
and  the  - 


(a).  In  In's  favor. — The  hook  of  the 
Ver"  may  be  safely  dropped,  and  a 
common  phrase  be  rendered  more  easy. 
It  should  be  observed  that  in  his  way 
'vould  be  written  with  the  Way  mi  the 
line  instead  of  through. 

(b).  Daiii/t'riin.t  operation.— The  Ar- 
hook  is  implied  here  by  the  mode  of 
turning  the  circle. 

(c).  See  the  Standard-Phonographic 
Dictionary,  p.  107.  DHB,  (2).  and  (6) 
and  (c). 


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AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


third  party  who  puts  his  name  to 
the  return  drafts  is  invariably  un- 
stable, or  concerned  in  the  em- 
barrassments of  the  first  house. 
And  the  reputation  of  a  banker, 
who  has  been  sufficiently  impru- 
dent to  lend  his  signature,  is 
,eriously  compromised.  The  mer- 
ihant  who  perceives  this  danger- 
ous character  in  bills  presented  to 
trim,  ought  to  refuse  them,  as 
much  from  the  risk  of  loss  as  for 
his  own  tranquility.  However, 
this  remark  must  not  be  regaided 
as  a  general  rule,  and  as  appli- 
cable to  all  places  without  excep- 
tion. For  bankers,  after  having 
satisfied  themselves  as  to  the  so- 
liditv  of  a  house,  often  give  them 
credit  without  regarding  the  rate 
of  exchange.  This  is  what  we 
call  blank  credit  ;  and  the  use  of 
this  credit  may  prove  necessary  to 
a  house  in  commercial  operations, 
where  the  profits  are  far  greater 
than  the  expense  of  bills  and  the 
loss  on  the  exchanges.  In  that 
case"  the  reputation  of  the  mer- 
chant, the  extent  and  stability  of 
his  business,  and  the  prudence  of 
the  banker,  insure  the  credit  of 
these  bills  of  exchange,  and  form 
the  basis  of  public  confidence. 


(a).  In  that  case. — For  easier  junction, 
keep  on  the  heaviness  to  bottom  of 
that. 


COMMERCIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 


17 


(av.  /I  commission. — To  imply  emu., 
write  Kben  under  a,  which  must  in 
such  case  be  written  by  Ketoid,  on  the 
line  (of  course). 

(b\.  Here  write  />rrse>tt  tense  (consider) 
or  past  tense,  to  save  disjoining. 


With  r  e  g  a  r  d  to  bills  of  ex- 
change, drawn  or  accepted  by 
merchants  who  do  a  commission" 
business,  little  attention  need  be 
given  to  the  advantage  or  disad- 
vantage of  exchange.  As  regards 
bills  of  exchange  accepted  by  a 
merchant  who  sells  by  commis- 
sion for  the  account  of  the  drawer, 
he  is  considered  to  have  funds5  in 
hand,  and  these  bills  are  deemed 
first-rate.  It  matters  little  if  the 
drawer,  proprietor  of  the  goods, 
or  the  funds  which  are  in  the 
hands  of  the  acceptor,  should 
have  been  drawn  at  a  disadvan- 
tageous rate  of  exchange,  on  ac- 
count of  some  urgent  necessity,  if 
it  be  for  real  funds  and  the  accept- 
or solid. 

The  bills  of  a  merchant,  drawn 
for  his  reimbiirsement  upon  a 
house  that  has  given  him  orders, 
are  also  doubly  safe,  from  the  so- 
lidity of  the  merchant  who  draws 
the  bills,  and  the  funds  which  are 
actually  in  the  hands  of  the  in- 
dividual on  whom  the  dills  are 
drawn  But  it  is  rarely  that  a 
merchant,  who  has  given  orders 
for  goods,  makes  a  re-imbursement 
otherwise  than  to  Kis  own  advan- 
tage ;  because  he  has  at  home  the 
means  of  remitting  advantapeous- 
ly,  or  at  least  at  par.  If  it  hap- 
pens otherwise,  either  the  mer- 
chant is  straitened,  or  he  acts 
imprudently. 


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AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


<N  ^>  V 

"V   — r- 


^n 


But,  in  both  instances,  the  solid" 
ity  of  the  commission  merchant 
who  has  drawn  the  bills  is  the  rirst 
point  for  consideration. 

The  drafts  and  acceptances  of  a 
merchant,  given  in  payment  of 
goods,  are  of  an  inferior  order, 
but  still  generally  enjoy  good 
credit ;  because  we  see  a  reason 
for  them  in  the  purchase  of  the 
goods,  which  with  an  honest  mer- 
chant is  a  guarantee  of  his  sol- 
vency. 

The  result  of  these  ol'servntions, 
my  friend,  is,  that  a  merchant 
ought  to  have  always  at  hand  a 
note  of  the  most  recent  vaiiations 
in  the  exchanges,  in  order  to  see 
if  the  bills,  which  are  presented 
to  him,  have  been  drawn  at  an 
advantageous  or  disadvantageous 
rate  of  exchange,  or  at  par. 

Nevertheless,  when  in  doubt 
concerning  the  solvency  of  the 
drawer,  [the  acceptor0]  or  the  first 
in-lorser,  a  single  good  indorse- 
ment suffices  to  remove  the  appre- 
hension, or  even  to  establish  con- 
fidence. Further,  we  must  notice. 


(a).  The  acceptor — accidentally  omit- 
ted from  the  engraving.  Acceptor 
should  be  Spees  Ter. 


COMMKRCIAL     (  ORRESPONDENCE. 


19 


*In  all  letters  of  business,  it  is  the 


iu  selecting  bills  of  exchange,  if 
they  are  conformable,  by  the  date 
at  which  they  are  made  due,  to 
the  custom  of  the  place  from 
whence  they  are  drawn.  There 
are  few  places  from  which  mer- 
chants draw  at  more  than  two 
or  three  months'  date  :  in  this 
case  bills  at  longer  terms  do  not 
deserve  confidence,  unless  there 
exist  other  reasons  for  deeming 
them  good. 

No  doubt,  my  friend,  you  will 
find  this  letter  very  long  :  but  I 
consider  it  very  short  for  the  in- 
teresting subject  of  which  it  treats. 
I  am,  &c. 


CIKCULABS. 

LONDON,  Jan.  1st,  1885. 
Messrs.   BELL  &  Co., 

Broad  Street.0 

GENTLEMEN,—  We  beg  to  acquaint 
you  that  we  have  opened  a  house 
of  general  agency  at  the  Mauri- 
tius, under  the  firm  of  Young, 
Fi-rbes  &  Co.;  the  two  senior 
members  of  which  have  been 
some  years  established  at  Port 
Louis  in  the  same  line,  under  the 
firm  of  Young  &  Forbes. 

It  is  our  intention  to  confine 
ourselves  to  commission  business, 
and  we  venture  ... 


lawyers,  etc.,  usually  place  the   name 


practice  to  write  the  name  and  address  al)(i  address  at  the  top  of  the  page:  but 

on  the  fir«t  pa-ie  :  because  if  the  super-  inofficial   letters,   they   are   more  fre- 

scription  were  torn  off,  or  the  cover  in  queutly  written  at  foot.     By  some  per- 

which  the  letter  was  inclosed  were  lost,  sons,   the   latter  mode    is    considered 

it  would  not  app-:ir  to  whom  it  had  j  more  respectful, 

been    written.      Merchants,    bankers,  ' 


20 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


*r-v  /  ^x 
--^/  — 


to  solicit  your  countenance,  assur- 
ing you  that  the  strictest  atten- 
tion shall  be0  paid  to  the  manage- 
ment of  any  affairs  which  you 
may  think  proper  to  intrust  to  our 
care. 

We  hope  it  will  justify  our  con- 
fidence in  addressing  you,  that  we 
are  enahled  to  refer  to  the  an- 
nexed'list  of  commercial  friends, 
comprising  houses  of  the  first  em- 
inence both  in  Europe  and  India, 
on  whose  consideration  and  sup- 
port we  have  the  advantage  of 
being  permitted  to  rely.6 

The  signature  of  the  only  mem- 
ber at  present  in  England  is  sub- 
joined ;  those  of  the  resident  part- 
ners will  be  given  in  a  circular 
from  the  Isle  ot  France.  We  are, 
&c.  Voi  NO,  FORBES  &  Co. 

Mr.  E   Tatham  will  s-ign. 


CALCUTTA,  July  10th,  1885. 
B.  BASSETT,  Esq.,  London. 

SIR, — It  is  with  deep  regret  that 
we  have  to  apprise  you  of  the 
death  of  our  Prior,0  Mr.  John 
Allsop,  at  Cheltenham  in  Decem- 
ber last 

'The  terms  "Prior,"  "Senior," 
"  Principal."  and  "  Chief,"  are  used  in 
discriminately  to  designate  the  head 
partner  of  a  Commercial  House  ;  the 
first  of  these  is,  however,  the  most  in 
favor  at  the  present  moment. 


(a).  Shall  lie  paid.— To  make  a  phrase- 
sign  for  this  phrase  of  speech,  lapping 
is  advantageously  resorted  to. 

(I  i).  We  here  advantageously  use  the 
principle  of  joining  a  dependent  infin- 
itive, to  rely. 


CIRCULARS. 


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(o).  Of  our  deceased  partner — a  prepo- 
sition [of]  and  its  object — is  as  proper- 
ly phrased  in  writing  as  it  is  in  speech. 

(6).  To  hope  that. — To  is  written  so  that 
hope  may  be  written  in  its  position,  for 
greatest  legibility. 

(c).  We  shall  form  a  connection,  is  one 
phrase  of  speech  ;  but  we  necessarily 
disjoin  form  a,  and  write  ection  under, 
to  imply  the  conn. 


At  the  same  time  we  have  the 
satisfaction  of  stating  that  this  mel- 
ancholy event  will  in  no  way  inter- 
fere with  the  future  conduct  of  our 
business,  arrangements  being  now 
in  progress  for  supplying  the  place 
of  our  deceased  partner,"  which 
afford  us  every  reason  to  hope 
that6  we  shall  form  a  connection6 
with  a  London  house  of  the  first 
respectability,  on  whom  the  ac- 
tive management  of  our  concerns 
in  that  city  will  devolve. 

For  the  present, d  no  alteration 
will  be  made  in  our  firm. 

The  surviving  partner,  Mr. 
James  M'Intosb,  will  conduct  the 
affairs  of  the  house  in  this  presi- 
dency, as  hitherto  ;  and  we  confi- 
dently hope,  from  the  experience 
you  have  had  of  our  uniform  punc- 
tual! ty  and  regularity  that  you  will 
continue  to  favor  us"  with  your  cor- 
respondence ;  resting  fissured  that 
the  same  unremitting  attention 
will  be  paid/  to  the  interests  of 
all  of  our  commercial  friends  as 
heretofore.?  We  remain,  &c. 

ALLSOP  &  M'INTOSH 

(d).  "For  the  pres."  will  readily  sug 
gestfor  the  present.  Generally  omit  an 
article  when  it  stands  in  the  way  of  a 
desirable  phrase-sign  :  and  also  omit 
it  (when  not  a  convenience)  from  any 
phrase  so  familiar  that  the  writing  of 
the  article  is  superfluous. 

(e).  To  favor  us. — Here  to  is  written 
(not  implied),  so  that  favor  may  be  in 
its  assigned  position. 

(/).  Will  be  paid. — Paid  is  phrased, 
with  the  rest  of  the  verb,  by  lapping — 
a  sort  of  (or  substitute  for)  joining. 

(g).  Heretofore. — Observe  that  the  po- 
sition of  this  word  is  determined  by 
the  vowel  of  fort ;  and  that  this  word 
is  thus  distinguished  from  Reti-Ef, 
artificial-!y. 


22 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


r 


<b  '  N^-i  ^S. 


(a).  IFe  beg  leave.— "Ho  provide  for 
this  frequent  phrase  a  convenient 
sign,  the  I  of  leave  is  added  by  the  El- 
hook,  and  the  »  by  a  Vee  hook. 

(6).  Richard.— Here, to  make  the  junc- 
tion more  easy,  the  Ray  is  made  quite 
slanting,  and  the  Chert  is  made  almost 
upright. 


LETTERS   OF   INTKODUCTK  >N 
AND  CREDIT. 


LONDON,  Oct.  1st, 
Messrs.  BRIGHT  <i  Co.  , 

Gentlemen  :  —  We  beg  Icavt  •"  to 
introduce  to  you  the  bearer  <.f  this 
letter,  Mr.  Richard*  Templeton. 
a  partner  of  the  highly  respecta- 
ble hou.«e  of  Moore,  Templeton 
&  Co.,  of  New-  York,  who  is  about 
to  visit  your  city  for  tlie  purpose 
of  extending  the  commercial  rela- 
tions of  his  house0  with  the  princi- 
pal firms  of  your  place.  In 
strongly  recommending  our  friend 
to  your  notice,  we  pai  ticularly  re- 
quest that  you  will  not  only  for- 
ward his  views  by  your  influence 
and  advice,  but  that  you  will  also 
render  his  stayd  in  your  city  as 
agreeable  as  Possible,''  by  show- 
ing him  every  attention  that  may 
be  in  your  power.  In  case  Mr. 
Templeton  should  have  occasion 
to  take  up°  any  money,  either  for 
traveling  expenses  or  operations 
of  business,  you  will  jilea.se  to 
supply  him  -  ... 

*This  is  truly  a  mercantile  idiom, 
and  very  serviceable. 


(c).  Of  Iris  house. — Here  the  circle  be- 
ing turned  in  the  less  convenient  way 
must  imply  something,  namely  :  the 
hook  of  Hay. 

(d).  That  you  will  almi  ri'ml'-r  hi  a  stntj  is 
a  long  phrase  of  speech,  as  well  as  writ- 
ing, but  as  easily,  and  conveniently 
formed  in  writing  as  in  speech. 

(c».  At  agreeable  a*  potsQiU. — The  first 
<7.<  is  hern  adapted  to  the  position  of  the 
following  word. 


LETTERS  OF  INTRODUCTION  AND  CREDIT. 


23 


>-rK 


5 


(a}.  Five  thousand  pounds.— The  re- 
porter uses  for  numbers  the  common 
figures  when  most  convenient,  as  here 
we  write  "  5  "  for  ./fee  ,•  but  it  is  clearer 
to  write  thousand  by  the  word-sign  Ith, 
rather  than  by  "(WO."  .To  make  the 
junction  between  Ith  and  Pends,  curve 
the  former  considerably,  and  make 


with  funds  to  the  extent  of  five 
thousand  pounds,"  taking  his 
drafts5  upon  us  at  three  days' 
sight00  in  reimbursement.  We 
beg  that  upon  similar,  and  all 
other  occasions,  you  will  freely 
command  our  services, d  and  we 
remain,  &c.,  G.  LYNCH  &  SON. 


LONDON,  April  5th,  1885. 
Messrs.  HARWOOD  &  Co.  ,e 

Manchester. 

Gentlemen  : — We  have  much 
pleasure  in  introducing  to  your 
acquaintance  Mr.  Frederick  Mey- 
er, of  the  highly  respectable  firm 
of  Messrs.  Gottfried,  Meyer  & 
Sons,  of  Frankfort  on  the  Maine. 

This  gentleman  is  on  the  point 
of  commencing/  a  tour  through 
out-principal  manufacturing  towns, 
with  a  view  sis  well  to  business 
as  amusement.  Should  it  be  in 
your  power  to  further  his  objects 
in  any  way*  we  shall  be  particu- 
larly obliged  by  your  so  doing  ; 
and  shall  be  most  happy,  should 
the  introduction  prove  of  mutual 
advantage  to  yourselves  and  our 
young  friend. 

*  Merchants  of  respectability  prefer 
having  all  English  bills  drawn  upon 
them  at  very  short  dates  ;  in  foreign 
bills  they  are  not  particular,  as  they 
are  regulated  by  the  customs  of  the 
respective  places  whence  they  are  is- 
sued. 

Pends  with  but  little  slant,  as  shown 
in  the  engraving. 

(6).  Taking  Ins  drafts.— This  frequent 
commercial  phrase  is  here  beautifully 
provided  tor,— ing  beinp  dropped  as  an 
impediment  aud  as  readily  supplied. 

(c).  At  three  day's  sig/tt.— This  phrase 
is  provided  with  a  sign  by  the  simple 
principle  of  joining  to  a  preposition  its 
object.  To  prevent  the  sign  running 
too  low,  the  characters  are  made  smal- 
ler than  usual ;  as  a  longhand  writer 
minifies  the  end  of  a  line,  to  get  a  word 
in. 

(d).  Freely  command  our  services  is  a 


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AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


V? 


/ 


25 


(Continued  from  preceding  page.) 
phrase  nicely  written  as  shown  in  Ihe 
engraving  ;  comm  being  implied  by 
writing  -and  under  ;  to  which  we  join 
(as  naturally  in  writing  as  in  sporrln 
the  object,  our  services. 

(e).  "&  Co."  is  here  provided  for  liy 
lapping  Kay  ;    which  is  lapped  above 


In  the  event0  of  Mr.  Meyer  re- 
quiring a  supply  of  cash  for  his 
traveling  expenses,  be  so  obliging 
as  to  acctTmmodate  him''  \\ith 
any  sum  to  the  extent  of  liOO/. , 
taking  his  draft  on  us  at  three 
clays'  sight  for  the  amount.  We 
remain,  gentlemen,  your  very 
obedient  servants,0 

GEORGE  THOMPSON  &  Co. 

Mr.  Meyer's  signature.'"5 — 

F.  Meyer. 


LONDON,  Oct.  28th,  1885. 
Mr.  G.  SYMONS,  Fabnouth. 

Sir  : — Permit  me  to  introduce 
to  your  acquaintance  the  bearer 
of  this  letter,  Mr.  John  Phillips, 
who  proceeds  to  Falmouth  on  his 
way  to  Portugal. 

Should  Mr.  Phillips  desire  to 
take  up  cash  for  payment  of  his 
passage,  etc.,  you  will  please  to 
advance"4  him  any  sum  - 

*  It  is  usual,  and  certainly  prudent, 
to  affix  the  signature  of  the  individual 
in  whose  favor  the  credit  is  given,  for 
this  reason  ;  the  letter  might  be,  lost, 
and  the  finder  avail  himself  of  it  to  re- 
ceive the  money  ;  whereas  this  impos- 
ture w  ould  be  easily  detected  by  a  com- 
parison of  the  signature  in  the  letter, 
with  that  to  the  receipt  which  the  par- 
ty would  be  called  upon  to  give. 

[Ketoid,  as  under  might  conflict  with 
oun  (or  com}  implied. 

(/").  Here  of  is  supplied,  com  being 
implied. 

(g).  Vocalize  any  when  the  stroke  En 
would  more  commonly  be  read  as  no. 

(a).  Generally  drop  the  article  when 
in  the  way  of  a  desirable  phrase-sign. 

(6).  Here  (as  usually  in  the  phrase  as 
to)  the  to  is  written  ;  then  (ac)comm  is 
implied  by  writing  under,  and  him  is 
joined  to  the  verb  as  the  object. 

(c).  your  very  obed(ient)  servants. — As 
these  words  are  joined  and  related  in 
speech,  so  they  are  Joined  in  the  writ- 
ing :  and  (to  insure  legibility)  Bed  is 
vocalized. 

(d).  To  advance. — Here  to  is  written  so 
that  advance  may  be  written  in  its  as- 
signed position. 


LETTERS    OF    CREDIT. 


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(a).  On  his  house. — The  circle  as  here 
turned  implies  something,  namely,  the 
hook  of  Hay.  Retoidi-Iss-Ray  would 
require  the  circle  on  the  left. 

(6).  Or  his  draft. — In  this  sign  the  or, 
it  will  be  seen,  is  distingtiished  from 


not  exceeding  1001.,  taking  his 
draft  at  three  days'  sight  on  his 
house"  here,  Messrs.  Richards, 
Phillips  &  Co.,  in  reimbursement. 
I  shall  feel  greatly  obliged  by 
such  marks  of  civility  and  atten- 
tion as  you  may  have  ii  in  your 
power  to  show  my  young  friend, 
whom  you  will  find  highly  de- 
serving of  your  regard.  I  am, 
etc., 

J.  CARRUTHERS. 


LETTERS  OF  CREDIT. 

LONDON,  May  1st,  1885. 
Messrs.  JAMES  POPE  &  SON, 

Plymouth. 

Gentlemen  :— I  take  the  liberty 
of  opening  a  credit  with  you,  in 
favor  of  the  bearer.  Mr.  John  Ash- 
ton.  Any  sum  of  money  that 
this  gentleman  may  require,  to 
the  extent  of  fifteen  hundred 
pounds  sterling,  be  pleased  to  ad- 
vance on  my  account,  either 
against  his  receipt  or  his  draft* 
on  me  to  your  order,  as  may  be 
most  agreeablec  to  yourselves.  I 
am,  etc., 

T.  CLARK. 


the  and  tick,  because  the  latter  is  pre- 
ferably written  by  Ketoid  when  that 
will  make  a  good  junction. 

(c).  As  may  be  most  agreeable  is  written 
connectedly  as  naturally  as  the  words 
are  joined  in  speech. 


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AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


t-^-A-0- 


X 


-/  ^  i 


(a).  Barrattd=  Barer,  and  it  is  pru- 
dent to  insert  accented  vowels  at  least, 
in  all  unfamiliar  names. 

(b).  Freres=frer  (French  for  brother*). 
The  true  long  quantity  of  (•  (as  in  this 
•word)  may  be  represented  by  the  sign 
of  a,  or  by  its  strict  sign  (No.  7  in  our 
Extended  Alphabet,  on  page  206  of  the 


LONDON,  16th  July,  1885. 
Messrs.  BARRAID,"    FRERES,* 

Bankers,  Paris. 

Gentlemen  : — We  request  the 
favor  of  your  furnishing  the  bear- 
er. Lord  -George  Ryder,6  with 
any  cash  that  his  lordship  may 
require  during  his  stay1*  in  France 
to  the  extent  of  3,OOOZ.  (s-iy  three 
thousand  pounds  sterling),*  tak- 
ing his  lordship's  receipt  for  the 
sums  advanced,  and  placing  the 
same  to  our  debit. 

We  refer  to  our  letter  of  this 
date,  per  post,  for  his  lordship's 
signature  °     And  remain,  etc. 
HARDY  &  Co. 


GENERAL  CORRE- 
SPONDENCE. 

LONDON,  Aug   16th,  1885. 
Messrs.  J.  PHILLIPS  &  Co  ^Liverpool. 
Gentlemen: — Being  without  any 

of  your  favors/  to  reply  to,f  my 
present  object  - 

*The  mode  here  alluded  to,  of  giving 
the  signature  in  a  separate  letter, 
which  is  forwarded  immediately  per 
post,  is  yet  more  secure  than  that  de- 
scribed in  preceding  letter,  as  it  affords 
no  opportunity  of  imitating  the  hand- 
writing. 

t  The  original  letter  commenced  thus: 
"  Deprived  of  your  favors,  I  have  to  re- 
quest," etc.  This  expression,  though 
often  used  in  mercantile  correspond- 
ence, appears  objectionable,  since  we 
cannot  be  deprived  of  that  which  we 
do  not  possess  :  and  useless,  because 
we  have  no  difficulty  in  expressing 
correctly  what  is  really  meant. 

Hand-Book),  as  shown  in  the  engrav- 
ing. See  Hand-Book,  p.  203,  §9,  about 
"  Stenographic  Representation  of  For- 
eign Vowels." 

(c).  Ryder. — Observe  how  the  Ray  is 
made  more  slanting  than  usual,  to 
make  it  join  more  easily  with  the  Der. 

(d).  During  Iris  stay. — Here  during  be- 
ing used  as  a  preposition,  we  join  its 
object  in  writing,  as  naturally  as  we  do 
in  speech. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


27 


V/l 


Continued  from  preceding  page. 

(e).  The  sum  is  written  in  parenthe- 
sis in  longhand,  as  a  sure  interpreter 
ot  the  figures  :  the  figures  might  be  al- 
tered; but  not  so  readily  the  fully  writ- 
ten words. 

(/).  Anil  of  your. — In  many  such 
phrases  q/°may  be  omitted  and  readily 
supplied. 


is  to  request  that  you  will  pur- 
chase on  my  account  twenty-five 
bags  of  Peruambuco  cotton,  in 
bond,  provided  you  can  obtain 
them,  of  superior  quality,  at  a 
price  not  exceeding  9<f.  per  Ib. ; 
shipping  them  for  Rouen"  to  the 
address  of  my  friend,  Monsieur  La 
Roche  of  that  place,  and  giving 
me  timely  advice  for  insurance. 

The  bags  are  to  be  marked  VY. 
numbers  1  to  25. 

On  handing  me  a  bill  of  lading 
and  invoice,  you  will  please  to4 
value  on  me  at  fifteen  days'  sight 
for  your  reimbursement.. 

Have  the  goodness  to  transmit 
one  bill  of  lading  to  the  consignee 
by  the  vessel.  I  am,  &c., 

JOHN  LUKE. 


LIVERPOOL,  16th  Aug.,  1885. 
Mr.  JOHN  LUKE, 

London. 
Sir  : — We  are         ... 


(a).  Rouen  is  well  represented  by  its 
printed  consonants,  giving  the  e  of  en 
the  sound  it  has  in  the  French  pro- 
nunciation. 

(6).  To  is  written  so  that  value  may 
be  written  in  its  own  position. 


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AMAM'ENSIS    PRACTICE. 


C^-O^..  ^  £_ 


in  receipt  of  your  esteemed  letter 
of  the  16th  instant,  ordering  the 
purchase  and  shipment  of  twenty- 
rive  bags  of  Penuunbiico  cotton 
for  Rouen,  providing  they  could 
be  obtained,  of  prime  quality,  at 
9d  per  Ib.  We  are  sorry  to  say. 
in  reply,  that  the  quantity  of  Per- 
nambuco  cotton  at  market  just 
now,  is  very  small,  and  prices, 
consequently,  have  advanced,  say 
to  1(W.  and  10  l-'2d.  perlb.  It  is, 
therefore,  out  of  our  power"  to 
execute  your  order  ;  which  we  re- 
gret the  more,  as  we  are  about  to 
charter  a  vessel  from  Havre,  and 
should  have  been  glad  of  your 
parcel  of  cottons,  though  small, 
to  help  out  her  freight.  Should 
you  think  of  shipping  any  other 
quality,  it  will  afford  us  much 
pleasure  to  consign  them  to  our 
common55  friend  M.  La  Roche. 
Annexed  is  is  a  price-list  for  your 
government.  And  believe  us,  we 
are,  with  esteem,  sir,  your  very 
obedient  humble  servants, 

Jos.  PHILLIPS  &  Co. 

*The  term  mutual,  which  I  have  ex- 
punged from  this  place  and  many  oth- 
ers, is  incorrect  when  applied  to  a  third 
party. 


(a).  Out  (of)  our  powtr — the  of  being 
omitted  for  most  economical  phrase- 
writing. 


GENERAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 


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(«).  We  have  here  an  illustration  of 
the  Hand-Book  method  of  expressing  ty 
in  such  even  tons  as  20  and  30. 

(6).  /  am  favored. — Here  /  am  is 
brought  down  a  little,  to  adapt  it  to  the 
position  of  the  word-sign  for  favored. 
Ven  beiug./rtiw-cif  is  distinguishr-d,  on 
one  hand,  from  Vrrt:<  avert-al,  and,  on 
the  other  hand,  from  EK-Vert,  favorite. 


LONDON,  20th«  Aug.,  1885. 
Messrs.  JOSEPH  PHILLIPS  &  Co. 

Gentlemen  : — I  am  favored6 
with  your  letter  of  the  18th  in- 
stant,0 and  observe  that  you 
could  not  execute4*  my  order  for 
Pernambuco  cottons  in  bond,  at 
the  limit  of  §d.  per  pound. 

Being,  however,  very  desirous 
of  opening  an  account  with  M.  La 
Roche6  of  Rouen,  you  may,  should 
you  charter  a  vessel  for  Havre, 
ship  in  her  for  my  account,  and 
to  M.  La  Roche's  consignment, 
thirty  bags  of  cotton,/  of  such 
description  and  quality  as  you 
may  judge  most  suitable  to  that 
market,  but  not  exceeding  my 
former  limit  as  to  price. 

I  hope  you  will  be  able  to  meet 
with  a  parcel  really  cheap  at  the 
price,  be  the  latter  what  it  may, 
so  as  to  insure  me*  a  profit  on 
the  sale.  ----- 


(c).  18th  inst.—A.  slight  saving  is  here 
made  by  the  joining  of  the  parts  of  the 
phrase,  and  also  by  writing  (as  usual 
in  longhand)  inst.  for  instant.  It  is  the 
multitude  of  slight  savings  that  makes 
a  great  saving. 

(d}.  A  good  illustration  of  scientific 
phrase-writing  ;  and  (=add,  and  so  you 
add)  observe  (to  which  add  the  object) 
tltat-i/ou-could-nnt-ezecute-my-ordfr, —  dis- 
joining the  last  words  (my  order),  to 
give  the  hand  a  new  impulse  ;  as,  to 
give  the  voice  a  new  chance,  you  intro- 
duce a  secondary  accent  near  the  end 
of  a  long  word,  as  in  incomprehen  silril- 

%• 

(e}.  M.  LaRoche.—  The  English  "Mr." 
is  replaced  in  French  names  by  M.= 
Monsieur  (mo'sio?,)=My  sire  (or  lord). 
Had  there  been  room  in  the  engraving, 
it  would  have  been  natural  to  join  the 
Monsieur  (Em-Es)  to  the  rest  of  the 
name. 

(/).  30  bags  of  cotton. — To  enable  the 
pen  to  keep  pace  with  the  voice,  ex- 
press ty  by  the  lengthened  joining,  and 
having  joined  bags,  omit  of  (readily 
supplied  between  nouns)  and  join  cot- 
ton. As  a  comma  precedes  the  next  of, 
it  is  better  to  use  the  sign  Petoid. 


30 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


(Continued  from  preceding  page.) 
(g).  So  as  to  insure  me. — So  what  ?  .%- 
as-to — what?  "Insure  me  a  prof!!." 
Showing  clearly  that  this  is  one  phrase. 
But  disjoining  "a  profit"  gives  the 
hand  a  new  impulse. 


Trusting  to  your  good  manage- 
ment, I  shall  shortly  look  for  the 
invoice  and  bill  of  lading,  with 
advice  of  your  draft  for  tin- 
am  ount  of  the  former.  I  am,  &c. 
JOHN  LUKE. 


LONDON,  20th  Aug.,  1885. 
M.  Louis  LA  ROCHE. 

Rouen. 

Sir  :  -  From  the  annexed  circu- 
lar you  will  observe,  that0  my 
partnership  with  Mr.  William 
Thomas  was  dissolved  on  the  30th 
June  last,  and  that  I  am  now  es- 
tablished on  my  own  sole  account. 
Being  desirous,  as  Mr.  Thomas  re- 
tires from  business  altogether,  of 
preserving*  your  correspondence 
and  connection. c  I  have  request- 
ed my  friends  at  Liverpool,  Messrs. 
Joseph  Phillips  &  Co.,  to  ship  per 
first  vessel, to  your  address,  thirty 
bags 


(a).  Eemeniber  that,  so  far  as  conven- 
ient, scientific  phrase-writing  should 
correspond  to  phrase-making.  Here 
the  pronoun  you  naturally  belongs 
with  the  verb,  will  observe,  and  that  has 
for  an  object  "  that  my  partnership," 
etc.  As  usual  we  join  the  conjunction 
that,  and  then  write  the  remainder  of 
the  object  in  convenient  parts :  "  my- 
partuership  with  Mr.  William-Thomas 
was-dissolved  on-the-30th-June-last." 

(6).  Of  preserving. — Here  we  write  the 
of,  as  it  is  preceded  by  a  comma. 

(c).  And  connection. — Writing  Ketoid2 
for  and,  we  can  advantageously  imply 
the  following  con  by  writing  Kayshou 
under. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


31 


*  This  term  is  almost  universally  em- 
ployed, and  I  see  no  objection  to  it,  al- 
though some  write  account  of  sale. 

t  Per  appoint  is  another  technical 
term  in  very  general  use,  both  among 
English  and  foreign  merchants.  The 
word  APPOINT  signifies  odd  money, 
"Monuoiequi  se  donne  pour  achever 
une  somme  qu'  on  ne  saurait  parfaire 


of  cotton,  which  you  will  please  to 
dispose  of,  on  arrival,  on  my 
account,  on  the  most  favorable 
terms  your  market  will  permit ; 
furnishing  me,  in  due  course, 
with  account  -  sales  °  thereof, 
and  a  remittance,  per  appoint^ 
for  the  net  proceeds.  I  trust  the 
latter  will  be  such  as  to  encourage 
me  to  a  continuance  of  my  ship- 
ments. Messrs.  J.  P.  &  Co.  will 
inclose  you  a  bill  of  lading  by  the 
vessel,  and  I  will  hand  you  an  in- 
voice, J  as  soon  as  I  am  in  possess- 
ion of  the  particulars.  Mean- 
while referring  you  to  the  enclosed 
price-current,  I  am,  etc., 

JOHN  LUKE. 


LIVERPOOL,  23id  Aug,  1885. 
JOHN  LUKE,  Esq.,  J  Condon. 

Sir  : — In  consequence  of  the  or- 
ders contained  in  your  esteemed 
favor  of  the  20th  inst.,  we  have 
purchased 


avec  les  principales  especes  :  "  Diet 
de  V  Academie.  A  remittance  per  appoint 
is  a  iv mittance  of  the  exact  sum  due. 

£  There  is  a  difference  between  an  in- 
voice  and  a  bill  of  parcels,  which  is  not 
always  regarded.  The  account  of  goods 
sold  by  one  merchant  to  another,  or  to 
a  wholesale  dealer,  as,  for  instance, 
sugars  to  a  grocer  or  sugar  baker,  is  a 
bill  of  parcels.  Again,  when  a.  merchant 
orders  of  a  manufacturer  certain  goodt 
for  shipment,  the  latter  furnishes  him 
with  his  bill,  or  account  of  the  quali- 
ties and  prices  of  the  articles,  with  the 
weights,  marks,  and  numbers  of  the 
several  packages  or  parcels,  of  which 
the  order  consists :  hence  the  name 
bill  nf  pun-fls.  This  account  the  mer- 
chant enters  in  his  invoice  book,  and 
adding  thereto  all  the  charges  incurred 
in  the  shipment,  with  the  cost  of  insur- 
ance, his  commission,  etc.,  makes  np 
(as  the  commercial  phrase  is)  the  in- 
voice. Sometime*  a  dozen  or  twenty 
bills  of  parcels  are  comprised  in  one 
invoice,  especially  in  the  West  India, 
and  South  American  trades. 


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AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


for  your  account  thirty  bags  of 
Maranham  cotton,  of  good  qual- 
ity, at  9rf.  per  pound,  and  shall 
ship  the  same  on  board  the  Ann, 
Captain  Thomas  Ball,  a  vessel 
which  we  have  chartered  for 
Havre,  and  which  we  expect  to 
to  sail  in  ten  or  twelve  days.  For 
your  government  in  insuring  the 
same  the  invoice  amount  will  be 
about  200Z.  When  shipped  we 
shall  wait  on  you  with  invoice 
and  bill  of  lading,  valuing  on 
you,  as  requested,  for  our  reim- 
bursement. We  are,  very  truly, 
etc.,  Jos.  PHILLIPS  &  Co. 


LIVERPOOL,  30th  Aug.,  1885. 

.  Louis  LA  ROCHE, 

Rouen. 

Sir  : — By  order,  and  for  account 
of  our  common  friend,  John  Luke, 
Esq.,  of  London,  we  have  shipped 
to  your  address,  in  the  Ann,  Cap- 
tain Thomas  Ball,  for  Havre  as 
per  bill  of  lading  inclosed,  YY, 
No&  1  to  30,  thirty  - 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


33 


bags  of  Maranham  cotton,  which 
we  trust  will  arrive  safe,  and  in 
the  same  good  condition  in  which 
they  are  shipped.  We  hope  that 
you  will  have  it  in  your  power  to 
render  our  above-mentioned  friend 
satisfactory  account-sales  of  this 
shipment,  following  his  directions 
as  to  the  disposal  of  the  net  pro- 
ceeds. We  remain,  most  truly, 
sir,  your  very  obedient,  etc., 

Jos.  PHILLIPS  &  Co. 


LIVERPOOL,  30th  Aug.,  1886. 
JOHN  LUKE,  Esq., 

Londm. 

Sir  : — Referring  you  to  our  let- 
ter of  the  23rd  instant,  we  have 
now  to  advise  the  shipment  of 
your  thirty  bags  of  Maranham 
cotton  in  the  Ann,  Ball,  for  Havre, 
to  the  consignment  of  M.  La 
Roche  at  Rouen,  agreeably  to 
your  directions.  Inclosed  you 
will  please  to  receive  bill  of  lad- 
ing and  invoice  thereof ;  the  lat- 
ter amounts  to  205Z.  -  -  -  - 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


8*.  6rf.,   for 

wliich  sum  we  have  valued  on 
you,  under  this  date,  at  fifteen 
days'  sight,  to  the  order  of  Jones, 
Price  &  Co  ,  which  draft  we  recom- 
mend to  your  protection,  thus 
closing  this  transaction.  We  have 
transmitted  a  bill  of  lading  to  M 
La  Roche  by  the  vessel.  Awaiting 
the  pleasure  of  your  further  com- 
mands, we  remain,  faithfully,  etc. 
Jos.  PHILLIPS  &  Co. 


LONDON,  2nd  Sept.,  1885. 
Messrs.  JOSEPH  PHILLIPS  &  Co., 


Gentlemen  :  —  I  have  to  ac- 
knowledge the  receipt  of  yor.r  es- 
teemed letter  of  the  30th  ult., 
inclosing  bill  of  lading  and  invoice 
of  the  thirty  hags  of  Maranham 
cotton,  shipped  in  the  Ann,  to 
Havre;  for  the  invoice  amount 
whereof,  2051.  8s  6d  ,  I  have  cred- 
ited your  account  ;  and  on  the 
other  hand  debited  it  with  a  sim- 
ilar sum,  being  the  amount  of 
your  draft  at  fifteen  days'  sight, 
to  the  order  of  Jones,  Price  & 
Co.  ,  which  has  been  -  -  -  - 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


35 


duly  honored.  With  many  thanks 
for  your  attention"  to  my  orders  in 
transmitting  a  bill  of  lading  to  the 
consignee*  by  the  vessel,  I  remain, 
etc.,  JOHN  LUKE 

LONDON,  2nd  Sept.,  1885. 
M.  LA  ROCHE, 

Rouen. 

Sir  : — In  pursuance  of  the  or- 
ders given  to  my  friends  at  Liver- 
pool, as  I  advised  you  under  date 
of  the  20th  ult. ,  they  have  ship- 
ped, to  your  address,  thirty  bags 
of  Maranham  cotton  of  excellent 
quality,  by  the  Ann,  Capt.  Thomas 
Ball, to  Havre0  Inclosed  I  have  now 
the  pleasure  to  wait  on  you  with 
invoice  and  duplicate  bill  of  lading 
of  this  shipment ;  the  former 
amounting  to  216Z.  7-?.  lOrf.,  which 
sum  I  hope  you  will  be  able  to 
realize,  together  with  a  fair  profit; 
and  as  quick  returns  are  the  life 
of  trade,  I  shall  expect  that  you 
will,  erelong,  be  enabled  to  re- 
mit me  the  - 


(a).  To  provide  for  this  phrase  a  con- 
venient sign,  omit  at  of  attention. 

(6).  That  is,  the  (Petoicl)  in  fourth  po- 
sition, to  imply  to,  and  con  implied  by 
writing  signee  under. 

(e).  The  hook  of  Hay  in  fourth  posi- 
tion, to  imply  preceding  to. 


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AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


net  proceeds  in  a  good  bill  on 
some  of  your  friends  in  this  city. 
I  do  not  limit  yon  as  to  price,  lie- 
ing  well  assured  that  you  will  ef- 
fect the  best  sales  your  market 
will  allow.  I  remain,  etc. 

JOHN  LUKE. 

GT.  WINCHESTER  ST.  , 

10th  Jan.,  1885. 
JOSEPH  MANNING,  Esq.,  Piccadilly. 

Sir  : — Your  acceptance  for  881. 
drawn  by  me  on  the  6th  October 
last,  and  payable  to  my  order 
three  months  after  date,  fell 
due  yesterday,  and  now  lies 
ut  my  bankers,  Messrs.  Curtis 
&  Co.,  Lombard  Street,  noted  for 
non-payment.0  I  beg,  therefore, 
to  call  your  immediate  attention 
to  it,  and  request  you  will  take 
up  the  same  with  5s.  expenses 
thereon.  I  remain,  sir,  your  obe- 
''ient  humble  servant, 

T.  WILLIAMS. 


(a).  Non-payment. — To  preserve  the 
natural  and  usual  lorm  for  non  (Nen), 
it  is  here  necessary  to  write  the  word 
in  separate  parts  ;  and  WP  join  the  non 
as  a  part  of  the  object  of  the  preposi- 
tion for. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


37 


71 


S 


I 

V^ 


V. 


(a).  Regarding  a  date  as  a  phrase  of 
time,  we  may  write  it  without  lifting 
the  pen,  if  we  oan  conveniently,  or 
btv.ik  up  according  to  convenience, 
the  mouth  being  joined  with  the  day 
or  the  year.  It  should  .be  observed 
that  t  he  slanting  stroke  before  the  year 
(used  or  not.  according  to  need)  separ- 
ates the  day  from  the  year,  taking  the 


GT.  WINCHESTER  STREET. 

12th  January,"  1885. 
JOSEPH  MANNING,  Esq. 

Piccadilly. 

Sir  : — I  am  very  much  surprised* 
at  your  iuattention,  in  a  matter 
of  so  much  importance  as  a  dis- 
honored draft.  Referring  you  to 
my  note  of  the  day  before  yester- 
day, informing  you  that  your"  ac- 
ceptance of  88£.  had  been  noted 
for  non-payment,  I  now  beg  to 
say.  that*  if  the  draft  be  not  im- 
mediately taken  up,  I  shall  be 
compelled  to  have  recourse  to 
measures* no  less  unpleasant  tome 
than  disgraceful  and  disagreeable 
to  yourself.  I  am,  sir,  yours,  etc. 
T.  WILLIAMS/ 


PICCADILLY,  12th  Jan.,  1885. 
THOMAS  WILLIAMS,  Esq. 

Great  Winchester  Street. 
S:r  : — Having  been  out  of  town 
for  the  last  fortnight,  I  am»  truly 
concerned  to  find  that  no  provis- 
ion was  made  for  my  acceptance 
of  your  draft,  due  on  the  9th  inst. 
for  381.  When  on  my  return  to 
town  this  morning  your  note  of 
the  10th  inst 


place  of  the  comma  or  the  apostrophe 
of  dates  in  longhand ;  as,  Jan.  12th, 
1885,  or  12  Jan.  '85.  In  like  manner  it 
serves  in  common  writing,  as  a  separ- 
atrix  between  shillings  and  pence,  in 
fractions,  and  in  ajc=a'c=  account. 

(b).  I  am  very  much  surprised. — The 
improvement  introduced  by  the  Hand- 
book in  writing  Jasper  (§171,  4),  works 
nicely  here. 

(c).  Informing  you  ttiat  your. — The  In- 
forming has  for  its  indirect  object  you, 
to  join  which  we  drop  the  impeding 
dot  ;  and  then  we  may  add  (in  writing 
as  naturally  as  in  speech)  that  your ; 
putting  iici-rittitnce  for  double  assurance 
of  legibility  in  its  position. 

(d).  Beg  to  say  that. — To  beg  join  (in 
writing  as  in  speech)  the  dependent 
infinitive  to  nay,  and  to  that  its  object 
that  (called  here  a  conjunction). 


449575 


38 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


7 


(Continued  from  preceding  page. ) 
(e).  To   measures. — To   have  measures 
in  its   position,  write   the   to.      Zhers* 
illicit  be  read   hero  possibly   (aud  of 
course  heedlessly)  to  pleasures. 

(_/')  Thomas  Williams. — The  most  con- 
venient way  of  (turning  the  circle  be- 
tween Kin  and  downward  I  is  here 
illustrated.  To  prevent  breaking  up 


was  put  into  my  hands,  I  imme- 
diately took  up  the  bill,  which 
now  lies  before  me,  together  with 
your  note  of  this  morning.  I  can 
only0  regret  having,  through  in- 
advertency, caused  you  so  much 
trouble.  Believe  me,  very  sin- 
cerely, sir,  your  obedient  humble 
servant, 

JOSEPH  MANNING. 


BROAD  ST.,  25th  Jan.,  1885. 
Messrs.  W.  GREEN,  FELL  &  Co. 

London. 

Gentlemen, —  Have  the  good- 
ness to  ship  on  board  the  Tenter- 
den,  Captain  Benjamin  Russell, 
for  Lisbon,  150  sheets  of  copper 
sheathing ;  the  whole  to  be  48 
Portuguese  inches  in  length  ;  one- 
half  to  weigh  18  Ibs.  and  the  oth- 
er 19  Ibs.  each  sheet  ;  each  box  to 
contain4  an  equal  number  of 
sheets  Likewise  one  box  of  copper 
nails,  proper  for  the  said  sheath- 
ing, not  to  exceed  500  Ibs.  weight. 


(a).  /  can  only. — To  sharpen  the  angle, 
write  Retoid  nearly  straight  up.  Drop 
n  of  can  as  an  impediment  to  a  desira- 
ble phrase-sign. 

(6).  To  contain. — Ten*  would  be  read 
to  attain,  or  (most  likely)  to  have  taken  ; 
and,  therefore,  to  insure  greatest  ease 
of  reading,  it  is  best  here  to  write  the 
to,  and  make  a  saving  of  pen  movement 
by  writing  Ten  under. 


in  writing  the  name-phrase,  drop  the 
10  as  an  impediment  readily  supplied 
in  reading. 

(</).  T  am — what '!  truly  concerned  •  to 
which  join  dependent  infinitive,  to 
find. 


GENEBAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


39 


v* 


When  the  goods  are  shipped, 
you  will,  of  course,  send  me  the 
invoice  and  bill  of  lading.  I  am, 
etc., 

EDWARD  ODGER 


LONDON,  26th  Jan.,  1885 
EDWARD  ODGER,  Esq. 

Broad  Street. 

Sir  :— Thanking  you  for  your 
kind  order  of  yesterday,  for  the  150 
sheets  of  copper  sheathing,  we  beg 
to  say  that  we  shall  immediately 
attend  to  its  execution  ;  but  as  we 
verbally  informed  you  on  'Change, 
the  length  being  unusual,  we  shall 
be  obliged  to  have  the  sheets 
made  expressly,  and,  consequent- 
ly, some  little  delay  will  una- 
voidably occur.  We  trust,  how- 
ever, they  will  be  ready  in  time 
for  the  Tenterden,  which  vessel, 
we  are  informed,  will  not  sail  for 
a  fortnight.  We  are,  etc. 

WM   GREEN,  FELL  &  Co. 

LONDON,  9th  Feb.,  1885. 
Messrs.  WM.  GREEN,  FELL  &  Co. 

London. 

Gentlemen  : — I  am  sorry  to  in- 
form you  that 


40 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


my  friend,  for  whose  account  and 
at  whose  desire  I  ordered  150 
sheets  of  copper  on  the  25th  ulti- 
mo, having  determined,  as  he  has 
since  informed  me,  to  defer  the 
repairs  of  the  ship  for  which  they 
were  intended,  wishes  the  order 
not  to  be  executed,  at  least  lor 
the  present.  If,  therefore,  the 
copper  be  not  already  entered  for 
shipment,  and  can  be  kept  back. 
I  shall  be  much  obliged  by  your 
giving  directions  for  it  to  remain 
till  further  orders.  Of  course,  I 
shall  consider  myself  liable  for 
any  expense,  you  may  incur,  or  loss 
you  may  sustain  in  consequence  ; 
or,  indeed,  for  the  ultimate  com- 
pletion of  the  transaction,  should 
you  not  consent  to  cancel  my  or- 
der. I  n  main  truly,  gentlemen, 
your  obedient  humble  servant, 
EDWARD  ODGER. 


LONDON,  9th  Feb.,  1885. 
EDWARD  ODGER,  Esq., 

London. 

Messrs.  W.  Green  &  Co.  present 
their  compliments  [to  Mr.  Odger], 
and  are  sorry  they  cannot  comply 
with  the  request  contained  in  his 
letter  of  this  morning,  -  -  - 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


41 


(a).  With  reg.ird  to  suspending  the. — 
With,  in  its  position,  is  joined  (by  the 
Way  hook)  to  its  object,  regard,  and  sus- 
pending (as  a  dependent  participle)  is 
added,  the  to  being  omitted.  Then  iiig 


with  regard  to  suspending  the" 
order  for  the  150  sheets  copper6 
sheathing,  as  they  are  now  actu- 
ally on  board  a  barge  in  the  riv- 
er, and  have  been  entered  out  at 
the  Custorn-House  for  the  Tenter- 
den.  Besides,  having  been  cut 
expressly  for  Mr.  O'sc  order,  they 
are  unsalable  for  any  other  pur- 
pose. 


LONDON,  12th  Feb.,  1885. 
Messrs.  W.  GREEN,  FELL  &  Co., 

London. 

Mr.  Odger  presents  his  compli- 
ments to  Messrs.  W.  Green  &  Co  , 
and  begs  to  state  that,  as  he  un- 
derstands the  copper  sheathing, 
intended  to  be  shipped  on  board 
the  Tenterden,  has  been  sunk  in 
the  lighter  that  was  conveying  it 
alongside,  he  cannot  consent  to  its 
shipment  until  put  into  a  proper 
state,  so  as  to  insure  its  arrival  in 
perfect  order.  Mr.  0  will,  conse- 
quently, thank  Messrs  Green  &  Co. 
to  inform  him  when  the  sheathing 
has  been  scoured,  that  he  may 
send  a  competent  person 


is  implied  (by  the  Standard-Phono- 
graphic principle)  by  writing  the  the- 
tick  in  its  place. 

(6).  150  sheets  of  copper. — The  ty  of  50 
is  implied  by  the  long  upward  stroke  ; 
to  which  sheets  is  joined  ;  to  which  cop 
per  is  joined,  the  of  being  omitted  (as 
often  between  nouns). 

(c).  O's  might  be  written  thus  ;  but 
quite  as  well  by  phonographically  writ- 
ing the  sounds. 


42 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


to  inspect  it,  prior   to  its" 
taken  on  board. 


being 


LONDON,  13th  Feb.,  1885. 
EDWARD  ODGEK,  Esq. , 

London. 

Messrs.  W.  Green  &  Co.  return 
their*  compliments  to  Mr.  Odger, 
and,  in  reply  to  his  note  of  yester- 
day, beg  to  say  that  they  will  not 
fail  to  inform  him  when  the  cop- 
per sheathing,  which  was  unfort- 
unately suuk  in  going  alongside 
the  Tenterden,  is  again  put  in  or- 
der for  shipment,  that  he  may 
send  some  person  whom  he  may 
deem  competent  to  inspect  it.  At 
the  same  lime,  they  cannot  but 
assure  Mr.  0.  that  they  would 
naturally,  for  their  own  credit's 
sake,  take  every  necessary  precau- 
tion to  prevent  injury  to  the  goods 
from  the  accident  alluded  to. 


(a).  Here  prior  is  written  with  Kay 
for  the  final?1,  so  that  its  may  be  joined, 
the  to  being  omitted. 

(6).  Here  their  is  nicely  added  by  the 
Standard-Phonographic  Mr-tick  ;  and 
com  of  compliments  is  implied  by  writ- 
ing under. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


43 


HAMBURGH,  24th  Oct.,  1885. 
R.  H.  LYNCH  &  Co., 

Havana. 

Gentlemen :-  —We  have  the  pleas- 
ure to  address  you  for  the  first 
time,  under  the  auspices  of  your 
R.  H.  Lynch,  Esq.,  who  was  lately 
in  this  city,  and  with  whom  we 
had  the  gratification  of  becoming 
personally  acquainted ;  and  are 
induced,  in  consequence  of  an  ar- 
rangement entered  into  with  him, 
to  give  you  an  order  for  400  boxes 
of  sugar  on  joint  and  equal  ac- 
count. 

Permit  us  to  remind  you  of 
svhat  will  tend  in  a  great  degree 
to  the  fortunate  issue  of  this  our 
first  undertaking  ;  that  is,  the  se- 
lecting sugars  of  good  quality;  we 
are  well  convinced  that  you  will 
pay  the  most  careful  attention  to 
this  point. 

The  limits  that  we  have  resolv- 
ed to  fix,  after  mature  delibera- 
tion, are  9s.  (nine  shillings)  ster- 
ling per  arrobe  net  weight,  -  - 


44 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


v,  '  .^j 


for  the  white,  and  5s.  &d.  (five 
shillings  and  six  pence)  sterling 
per  arrobe°  net,  for  the  browns, 
first  cost  with  you,  and  all  charges 
of  shipping,  commission  and 
freight  included. 

The  assortment  we  leave  entire- 
ly to  you,  but  should  the  price  of 
white  sugars  be  a  little  higher 
than  the  limits  given,  and  that  of 
Muscovado  proportionately  lower, 
or  vice  versa,  so  that  upon  an  aver- 
age the  respective  limits  may  not 
be  exceeded,  you  will  please  to 
execute  the  order. 

This  shipment  must  be  made  in 
a  strictly  neutral  vessel,  giving 
the  preference  to  the  English 

^ 

The  invoice  and  bills  of  lading 
of  this  sugar  should  be  made  out 
to  our  address,  and  forwarded  to 
Joseph  Vancouver,  Esq  ,  of  Lon- 
don, who  will,  you  may  rest  as- 
sured, on  receipt  thereof,  honor 
your  drafts  for  our  moiety  of  the 
invoice  amount.  Be  pleased  to 
hand  him  by  two  or  three  oppor- 
tunities, the  requisite  advice,  to 
nable  him  to  effect  insurance  in 
due  time.  We  remain,  with  es- 
teem, gentlemen,  your  obedient 
nimble  servants, 

MULLER,  SON  &  Co. 


A  Spanish  weight  equal  to  28  Ibs. 
English  ;  25  1-2  Ibs.  according  to  some 
authorities. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


45 


LONDON,  9th  Nov.,  1885. 
Messrs.  R.  H  "  LYNCH  &  Co., 

Havana. 

Gentlemen  : — Referring  you  to 
the  inclosed  letter  from  my  friends, 
Messrs.  Muller,  Son  &  Co.  of  Ham- 
burgh, I  beg  to  assure  you,  that6 
on  your  complying  with  their  or- 
ders for  the  purchase  of  sugars  as 
therein  specified  (forwarding  me 
bills  of  lading  and  invoice  of  the 
same,  with  advice,  in  anticipation, 
for  effecting  insurance  thereon), 
your  drafts  on  me  for  the  amount 
of  their  half  share  in  400  chests, 
or  of  any  smaller  number  you 
may  ship  on  joint  account  with 
them,  shall  meet  due  honor. 

It  is,  I  presume,  almost  unnec- 
essary to  add,  that  being  merely 
an  agent  in  this  transaction,  it 
will  be  requisite  that  you  abide 
strictly  and  literally  by  Messrs. 
Muller  -  ------- 


(a).  An  offset  here  takes  the  place  of 
the  hook  of  Hay.  The  A-tick  may  occa- 
sionally be  used  as  an  initial  "  H,"  in 
phrasing  names. 

(6).  To  7  be// join  (without  the  to)  the 
dependent  infinitive,  assure ;  to  which 
join  the  dependent  you  that. 


46 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


Son  and  Co.'s  directions  in  the 
execution  of  their  order,  to  author- 
ize my  acceptance  of  your  drafts, 
for  regularity's  sake,  however.  I 
deem  it  best  to  put  you  on  your 
guard,  not  douhting,  at  the  same 
time,  that  you  will  fulfill  their 
wishes  in  that  and  every  other  re- 
spect. 

Should  you  desire  to  have  your 
moiety  insured  by  me,  also,  you 
may  rely  on  my  paying  every 
attention  to  your  interest,  and,  if 
you  do  favor  me  with  the  order, 
you  had  better,  perhaps,  desire  our 
friends  at  Hamburgh  to  reimburse 
me,  charging  the  cost  of  the  insur- 
ance in  the  account-sales.  Be- 
lieve me,  devoted  to  your  service, 
sir,  your  obedient  humble  ser- 
vant, Jos.  VANCOUVER. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


47 


BABCOCK,  WALSH  &  Co., 

iVe«-  Orleans,  La. 
Gentlemen. : — Yours  of  the  14th 
returning  Mr.  Sawhill's  letter  with 
comments  received.  We  are  pleas- 
ed to  note  that  you  are  not  the 
offending  parties,  and  that  Roths- 
child,0 Haines  &  Co.  are  evidently 
the  scalpers  who  undermine  our 
business  by  cutting  under  regular 
rates.  $10  per  100  pairs  is  the 
usual  hotel  rate.  It  stands  to  rea- 
son that  we  cannot* and  ought  not 
to  make  checks  for  hotels  that  or- 
der only  small  lots  and  years  apart, 
at  rates  equal  to  those  given  to 
railroad  companies  who  order 
largely  and  constantly,  and  $10 
is  considered  a  fair  price  for  hotel 
checks  We  usually  give  25  per 
cent,  off  this  rate  to  dealers.  In 
the  case  you  mention  I  can  see 
that  after  being  offered  for  $7.00 
by  Rothschild,  Haines  &  Co.c  you 
had  no  option  in  the  matter  -  - 


(a).  The  German  pronunciation  (ac- 
cording to  visual  value  of  the  letters) 
would  be  RotshWd,  conveniently  pho- 
nographed  by  Ret-Sbeld.  But  the 
Americanized  pronunciation,  Roths- 
cliild,  would  be  well  written  Ray-Iths- 
Child. 

(b).  An  instance  of  beautiful  phras- 
ing with  omissions  readily  supplied  in 
the  phrase  ;  as  omitting  the  n  of  stands 
and  readily  supplying  to  before  reason. 
The  Klent  is  readily  interpreted  as  we- 
Kent,  though  the  forms  are  the  same  : 
as  in  common  print  we  are  not  trou- 
bled by  different  sounds  and  meanings 
of  a  spelling  ;  as  live,  and  live  ;  r£ad, 
and  r£ad. 

(c).  We  may,  with  more  use  of  the 
name,  omit  the  and,  and  supply  it  in 
the  transcription. 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


-*N^   X*) 


and  did   perfectly  right  in  taking 
the  order. 

Respectfully, 

R.  H.  ARNHEITER." 


JEREMIAH  HOLZWASS;  u.  Esq  , 

Fond  <ln  IMC,   Wit. 

Dear  Sir  :  —Your  favor  of  the 
29th  relative  to  buttons  received. 
Our  inquiry  has  reference  to  quan- 
tity of  buttons  to  order  for  you 
We  have  been  in  the  habit  of 
making  up  a  lot  of  small  and 
large  buttons,  charging  same  to 
your  Company,  and  holding  them 
here  for  use  as  orders  for  uniforms 
and  caps  were  received.  As  we 
need  a  few  buttons  for  the  cap 
order  in  hand,  we  will  take  tlie 
responsibility  of  making  up  one 
gross  of  small  buttons. 

Will   you   please    stnd  us  your 
regular  order  for  them  and  oblige. 
Respectfully, 

ADOLPH  HELFRICH. 


(a).  Such  a  name  as  this  is  likely  to 
prove  a  hardship,  either  by  ignorance 
of  the  pronunciation,  or  by  determin- 
ing the  best  mode  of  writing  the  con- 
sonants. Let  us  try  here  :  Arn  would 
be  a  very  natural  form  for  the  first  syl 
lable,  but  that  would  not  join  with  ft  or 
eiter;  so  we  try  another  form,  Ren  (Arn) 
Ter  (better). 


<  1ENEKAT,    ( 'OURESPONDENCK. 


SAMCEL  STANKLER,  Esq., 

Newark,  N.  J. 

Dear  Sir  : — Answering  your  let- 
ter of  the  19th  inst  ,  asking  if  we 
could  fill  an  order  for  a  stamp 
similar  in  action  to  the  one  fur- 
nished you  last,  we  presume  you 
refer  to  the  self  inking  hand  ftamp 
having  as  die  your  fac-simile  signa- 
ture sent  you  Oct.  8th,  1883.  You 
sent  us  a  sample  stump  to  enable  us 
to  fill  the  order,  and  the  stamp  we 
furnished  had  no  name  or  place 
of  manufacture  given.  Unfortu- 
nately the  maker  from  whom  we 
procured  it  has  no  better  record 
than  we  have,  so  that  we  would 
be  obliged  to  have  the  stamp  in 
order  to  duplicate  it. 

We  are  about  to  issue  a  cata- 
logue of  goods  manufactured  and 
dealt  in  by  us  and  when  complet- 
ed we  shall  forward  you  one  At 
present  we  have  no  cut  of  styles 
of  these  stamps  except  the  one 
enclosed. 

Respectfully, 

THOS.  ZEHNDEH 


50 


AMANUENSIS    PKAOTICE. 


c 


.7f 


-1---A-A-V 


OTTO  YEOMAN,  Esq., 

Albany,  N.   Y. 

Dear  Sir  : — As  promised  I  send 
you  herewith  sample  brass  shell 
made  with  your  attachment. 
This  is  hand  made0  and  has  not 
the  finish  a  machine  will  give 
it  It  will  illustrate,  how- 
ever, your  idea.  I  have  estimat- 
ed cost  on  these  and  find  we  can 
make  them  for  you  at  the  rate  of 
$8.75  per  100  with  straps,  stamped 
and  numbered  complete.  These 
are  very  heavy  shells,  necessitat- 
ing some  20  Ibs.  of  brass  for  every 
hundred  shells,  which  at  22  cents 
per  lb.6  makes  a  cost  of  $4.40  for 
raw  material  alone. 

The  first  cost  will  be  a  set  of  dies 
jnecessary  to  cut  the  little  tongue 
and  turn  it  over.  This  will  cost 
about  $10.  As  we  have  all 
necessary  tools  for  balance  of 
work  no  other  extras  will  be  re- 
quired. If  you  can  give  us  an  or- 
der for  1,000  of  these  shells  we 
will  make  no 


(a).  Observe  how  the  heavinesss  is 
kept  on  from  the  middle  of  Ned  to 
the  middle  of  Med,  with  which  the 
form  is  easy  ;  without,  so  difficult. 

(6).  This  is  a  good  instance  of  lap- 
ping as  a  substitute  for  joining. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


51 


extra  charge  for  the  extra  tools. 

Of  course  I  have  figured  on  an 
allowance  of  50  cents  per  100  roy- 
alty to  you  MS  patentee,  which  i.s 
carried  in  our  estimate  of  $8.75 
per  100  shells. 

If  made   of  thinner   brass  the 
cost  might  be   reduced   some,  but 
a  thinner   shell  would   be  apt"  to 
I  bend  more  readily,  owing  to  large 
surface  of  plate.     Please  acknowl- 
edge receipt  and  let  us  have  your 
criticism  on  sample  sent. 
Respectfully, 

EDWARD  SMYTHE. 


HIRAM  CROCHERON,  Esq., 

Fort  Smith,  Ark. 

Dear  Sir  : — Answering  your  pos- 
tal card  of  the  3rd  inst  ,  we  will 
furnish  you  a  nickel  plated  Ger- 
man6 silver  badge  with  elastic, 
stamped  as  you  desire  and  our 
shape  No.  61  for  $1.00. 


(a).  Another  good  instance  of  lapping 
as  a  substitute  for  joining. 

(6).  To  admit  of  joining  German  to 
the  modified  word,  drop  the  impeding 
n.  This,  as  many  times  stated,  in  such 
cases,  is  the  rule. 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


\r 


<\ 

» 


The  price  of  our  badges  varies  ac- 
cording to  size,  amount  of  letter- 
ing, consecutive  numbering,  etc. 
We  can  furnish  you  any  shape  of 
badge  you  desire,  but  badges  with 
raised  or  fancy  work  require  dies 
costing  from  8-0  to  $50.  Should 
you  desire  any  special  badge  we 
shall  be  pleased  to  quote  you 
prices  as  low  as  any  other  manu- 
facturer. We  trust  price  given  is 
satisfactory,  and  shall  be  pleased 
to  have  your  order. 

Beepectfully, 

THOMAS  SANBORX. 


ILLIG  BROTHERS, 

New  York. 

Dear  Sirs  :  —  We  return  you 
herewith  'your  bill  of  April  12th 
for  one-halfdox.cn  X<>.  24  locks  on 
our  order  11,812,  and  amounting 
to  $4.80.  Locks 


GENERAL    COBKESPONDENCE. 


53 


on  this  order"  were  covered  by 
your  bill  of  April  14th,  amounting 
to  $5.20,  difference  being  chain 
fittings,  $0.40. 

The  locks  we   received  had  un- 
like keys,  and  we   returned  them 
to  have  similar  keys.  This  is  prob- 
ably the  cause  of  second  bill. 
Yours  truly, 

KILLDUFF  &  Co. 


ROTHSTEIN  &  TAGGART,  Esqs  , 

Chicago,  III. 

Dear  Sirs  : — We  shipped  you  by 
express  yesterday  the  lot  of  28,000 
pairs  of  reversible  bagg,-:ge  checks 
covered  by  your  order  of  June  5th. 
I  have  personally  supervised  the 
make  up  of  these  checks,  material 
and  workmanship,  and6  feel  cer- 
tain that  you  will  have  no  cause  for 
complaint  with  them.  We  have 
made  up  a  new  leather  cutter  -  - 


(a).  Join  order  to  this  as  shown  in  the 
engraving. 

(6).  Join  and  by  Tetoid  to  word  an  fl- 
ed, or  added  ;  and  join  to  feel  the  rest 
of  the  speech-phrase. 


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AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


giving  wider  strap,  and  I  have 
had  a  special  lot  of  straps  cut  and 
picked  out  for  these  checks.  I 
should  be  pleased  to  have  you 
carefully  examine  these  checks  and 
straps,  criticize  same  and  advise 
me  of  result  of  same. 
Respectfully, 

HEXKY  JOXE.S. 

ROBERT  PATTERSON,  Esq., 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Dear  Sir  : — I  inclose  you  here- 
with daily  statements  covering 
Tuesday,  Wednesday,  and  to-day, 
which  show  a  number  of  new  cus- 
tomers, the  result  of  close  figur- 
ing and  persistent  correspondence. 

I  again  saw  Lang  of  the  Peo- 
ple's Line  Steamboat  Co.  to-day, 
and  after  submitting  samples  and 
getting  figures  of  other  cap  makers  — 
closed  contract  with  him  for  his 
caps  for  the  season.  The  figures 
are  very  close, 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


55 


but  I  thought  it  would  be  better 
to  meet  them  than  to  lose  their 
season's  business,  and  Russell  will 
have  to  share  the  difference  with 
us. 

Proxies  come  in  daily,  all  in  the 
affirmative  on  the  stock  question, 
[with  one  exception,]"  namely, 
Geo.  Turner,  of* Springfield,  Mo., 
who  has  scratched  out  the  "  In 
favor  of,"  etc. 

Respectfully, 

CHANDLER  STORMAN. 


NEW  YORK,  Nov.  21,  1884. 
J.  W.  SMITH,  Esq.. 

General  Manager 

Hoosac  Tunnel  Line, 

Chicago,  Ills. 

Dear  Sir: — Herewith  I  hand  you 
all  papers  in  claim  for  overcharge 
favor  Thurber,  Whyland  &  Co., 
on  shipment  from  New  York  Oct. 
6th,  consigned  Houston,  Murray 
&  Co.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

You  will  notice  that  they  claim 
in  their  letter  of  Nov.  8th,  that 
the  weights  as  ---------- 


(a).  Words  accidentally  omitted  in 
the  engraving. 

(ft).  As  a  pause  occurs  before  this  of, 
it  is  better  to  write  the  of. 


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AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


V°   <~u^ 

f.  X  hf- 


given  by  Mr.  Tucker  are  not  cor- 
rect. You  will  also  note  that  Mr. 
Tucker  says  that  he  arrived  at  the 
weights  by  averaging.  Mr.  Groves 
says,  allow  claim  as  per  weights 
given  by  claimants,  as  they  are 
very  careful  and  correct  in  all  their 
freight  matters. 

I  enclose  statement  of  shipments 
with  contract  rates  endorsed  there- 
on, approved  by  Mr.  Greves. 
Please  adjust  accordingly  on 
weights  given  by  Messrs.  Thnrber, 
Whyland  &  Co.,  and  very  much 
oblige,  Yours  truly,0 

F.  B.  ALLEN,  Agent. 

NEW  YORK,  Aug.  19th,  1885. 
J.  W.  SMITH,  Esq  , 

General  Manager 
Iloosac  Tunnel  Line,b 

Dear  Sir  ; — Returning  herewith 
voucher  and  all  papers  relative  to 
claim  account  E.  P.  White  &  Co., 
$17.65,  received  with  yours  Aug. 
13th,  beg  to  say,  that  E.  P.  White 
&Co.,  of  this  city,  are  tin  plate 
brokers,  and  I  named  them  rate 
on  shipment  of  tin  plate,  the  tariff 
on  same  being,  at  that  time, 


(o).  It  is  desirable  to  have  a  good 
phrase-sign  for  this  phrase,  so  frequent 
in  correspondence. 

(6).  That  is,  H.  t  T.  Line. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


57 


"7 


\> 


4th  class,  28  cents  East   Hannibal 
to  Kansas  City." 

When  voucher  for  their  over- 
charge was  made  we  failed  to  de- 
tect that  shipment  consisted  of 
"  pig  tin  "  instead  of  tin  plate. 

You  will  notice  that  our  state- 
ment of  Billing  reads,  64  packages 
of  tin.  It  should  read,  64  pigs 
tin. 

It  was  an  error  on  part  of  our 
clerk  here,  owing  to  the  tissue 
manifest  being  very  indistinct,  the 
word  "pigs"  looking  very  much 
like  pkgs.,  and  as  the  shippers 
deal  almost  exclusively  in  tin 
plate,  the  shipment  was  not  scru- 
tized  closely. 

I  regret  very  much  that  the  er- 
ror was  not  discovered  before  the 
voucher  was  paid. 

Yours  truly, 
F.  B  ALLEN,  Agent. 


NEW  YORK,  May  8th,  1884. 
J.  A.  GRIEK,  Esq., 

General  Manager*  Chicago,  III. 

(a).  A  junction  not  likely  to  be  at 
;  first  thought  of,  but  practical  as  well 
'  as  pretty. 

(6).  M  for  manager,  struck  through 
Jen,  to  indicate  a  contraction. 


58 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


xl 


c^S 


Dear  Sir  : — Returning  herewith 
papers  in  claim  of  Downing  & 
Sons,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  No.  1890, 
would  say  : 

Shippers  gave  us  this  business 
supposing  that  we  could  reach 
Kalamazoo,  and  the  West  Shore 
Road,  billed  it  in  error  to  Detroit 
at  Detroit  town  rates. 

The  property  should  have  been 
billed  by  the  West  Shore  Line, 
divided  on  the  regular  Kala- 
mazoo per  cents.  As  the  property 
was  forwarded  from  Detroit  by 
Mr.  Reeve  s  Line,  I  have  no  doubt 
he  will  accept  as  proportion,  De- 
troit to  Kalamazoo,  the  regular 
West  Shore  Line  percentages,  Port 
Huron  to  Kalamazoo  and  the 
West  Shore  Road  will  pay  its  pro- 
portion of  any  necessary  reduction 
between  New  York  and  Detroit. 

The  property  should  be  charged 
at  the  rate  of  47  cents,  first  class, 
New  York  to  Kalamazoo,  as  it  was 
a  misrepresentation  on  the  part  of 
the  shippers  in  securing  a  bill  of 
lading  as  rough  skylight  glass, 
fourth  class.  Yours  truly, 

F.  B.  ALLEN,  Agent. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


59 


>W 
^A 


PrrrsBUUG,  VA.,  Sept.  27,  1885 
J.  S.  CLAY,  Esq., 

Svpt.  of  Construction  Division. 

Dear  Sir : — Upon  examination11 
of  your  report  of  August  15th,  re- 
garding the  amount  of  steam  used 
at  the  premises  of  the  Troy  Apart- 
ment House,6  it  appears  that  their 
consumption  of  steam  lias  nearly 
doubled  within  the  eighteen 
months  comprised  in  the  report. 
I  wish  you  would  carefully  exam- 
ine the  system  in  operation  at 
their  premises  and  ascertain — 

(1).  Whether  such  system  is  it 

od  and  economical  one  for  the 
end  to  he  accomplished. 

(2)  Whether  the  engine  and  its 
appurtenances  are  in  good  order 
and  performing  work  at  the  best 
economy. 

(3).  Whether  any  addition  has 
been   made  to  the  power  in  use 
since  the  introduction  of  the  steam 
the   premises,    which   will  ac- 
count for  a  part  or  the  whole  of 
he  increased  consumption. 

(4).  Whether  any  steps  can  he 
raken  (and  specifying  what,  if 
any)  whereby  greater  economy 
3an  be  effected  in  the  consump- 
jon  of  steam  at  the  premises  nam- 
ed consistently  with  thec  objects  of 
ts  use. 

Yours  truly, 

GEORGE  W.  HAHWAY, 

Manager. 


(a).  In  writing  the  phrase  upon  exam- 
nation,  omit  the  En-hook  of  Pen  as  an 
mpediment,  or  hindrance. 

(6).  Here  oniit  the  n  of  apartment,  and 
ise  an  oft'set  for  the  hook  of  h  in  Hays. 

(c).  Consistent  the  is  easily  read  as  an 
bridgemeut  of  consistently  with  the.. 


GO 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


\-> 


PmsBURG,0  VA  ,  June  13,  1886. 
WILLIAM  HANDON,  Esq. 

Real-Estate  Agent,  207  Allegheny  St. 

Dear  Sir  : — Yours  of  the  llth  is 
received,  iu  which  you  ;>sk  that  wo 
will  cause  an  examination  of  the 
premises  above-named  to  be  made, 
as  you  believe  the  bills  are  much 
too  high,6  being  considerably  in 
excess  of  those  charged  for  the 
same  period"  last  year.  I  inclose 
herewith  the  report  of  our  survey- 
or, who  examined  the  premises 
agreeably  to  y<  ur  request ;  from 
which  you  will  see,  tliat  steam- 
pistons'  on  the  pump  are  out  of 
order  and  blow  through,  causing 
waste  of  the  steam ;  and  that  he 
recommends  that  a  new  set  of  rings 
for  the  steam  cylinders  should  be 
provided  ;  and  that  the  makers  of 
the  pump  should  examine  the  lat- 
ter on  the  water  end,  to  deter- 
mine whether  the  inlet  and  dis- 
charge valves  are  in  good  condi- 
tion. It  is  believed  that  compli- 
ance with*  the  suggestions  of  Mr. 
Charles  Elder  will  result  in  much 
increase  of  economy  in  the  con- 
sumption of  the  steam. 

Yours  respectfully, 

ABIEL  WHITTLESET, 

Engineer-  in-  Clt  ief. 


(a).  The  name  1'ittsburg  being  famil- 
iar, we  may  drop  the  heavy  horizontal. 

(b).  The  lourtli  position  is  sometimes 
advantageously  used  to  imply  too,  in- 
stead of  to  ;  as  i»,  too  high.  See  the  Die- 
tic  nary. 

(<•).  Km  is  in  many  cases  advanta- 
geously widem-d  to  add  p  oi  a  follow - 
ug  word;  as  in  Ef--Petoid-Semp-Kay- 
Dee,  for  1'ie  same  period. 

(d).  With  may  be  readily  supplied 
here.  The  following  the  (Cbutoid)  is 
conveniently  added  to  the  Ens-circle. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


61 


A    iq/s6 


26,660..^.. 


NEW  YOKK,  Oct.  19th,  1886. 

Overcharge  Claim,  $19.42. 
Frank  McCain. 

R.  S.  McALLismi.  Esq.,  Agent, 
St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Dear  Sir  :— All  papers  in  above 
handed  you  herewith,  again ;  in 
reply  beg  to  say,  that  the  prac- 
tice of  estimating  weight  of  fruit 
at  80  pounds  per  box  was  done 
away  with  some  time  ago,  and  all 
of  the"  roads  from  here  are  now 
charging  actual  weight. 

I,  therefore,  see  no  possible  way 
in  which  we  can  make  settlement 
with  Mr.  McCain,  except  on  basis 
of  actual  weight,  26,660. 

This  question  has  been  befoie 
the  Commissioner  on  several  occa- 
sions, and  each  time  he  has  refus- 
ed to  entertain  the  matter. 

Therefore,  it  would  be  a  waste 
of  time  for  us  to  bring  the  matter 
before  him  again. 

Please  explain  this6  to  Mr.  Mc- 
Cain,6 and  ask  him  to  change  his 
bill  to  read  on  basis  of  26,660 
pounds,  when  we  will  have  the 
matter  put  through  promptly  as 
possible."*  Yours  truly, 

F.  B.  ALLEN,  Agent. 


(a}.  Ketoid  (and);  adding  all  by  the 
El-book;  and  adding  f/by  the  El  book; 
to  which  the  is  added  by  Retoid. 

(6).  That  is,  "plea'splain-this,"  omit- 
ting one  of  the  s-sounds. 

(c).  See  MAC  in  the  Dictionary. 

(d).  Promptly]  as  poss[ible\. 


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Tgf 


)  / 


CHICAGO,  ILL.,  Aug.,  5th,  '86. 
S.  J.  SMITH,  Esq., 

Prest.  N.  J.  &  B.  T.  R.  R. 

Dear  Sir:  —  I  have  yours  of  Aug. 
2nd.  I  cannot  find  that  any  lease 
was  ever  given  hy  the  T  B.  &  0. 
A.a  11.  R.  Company  to  your  Com- 
pany, for  the  use  of  the  station  at 
Annisquam.  If  you  have  any 
copy  of  such  a  lease  I  would  be 
obliged  if  you  would  lend  it  to  me6, 
or  send  IDC  a  copy  of  it  for  my  in- 
formation. The  absence  of  such 
a  paper  in  the  past  is  one  of  the 
reasons  why  I  have  not  thought 
it  necessary  that  a  lease  should  be 
made 

Before  considering  the  question 
further,  I  wait  to  hear  from  you. 

Very  truly  yours, 

S.  J  JAMES, 
G\eneral\ 


CHICAGO,  ILL.,  Sept.  22nd,  1886. 
JOHN  SMITH,  ESQ  , 

No.  120  Wall  St  ,  New  York. 
Dear  Sir  :  —  Referring   to   yours 
of  Sept.  20th,  I  send  you  a  state- 
ment of  our  G.  B.  ........ 


(a).  "&-O.-A.— "  Ketoid  ((£•),  Dedoidz 
(O.),  Ketoid  (A.) 

(6).  To  omitted  as  a  hindrance. 

(c).  J  for  General  and  M  for  Manager. 
The  intersection  aids  legibility— a  sort 
of  equivalent  of  periods  after  initial 
letters  in  G.  M.. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


63 


•>, 


/—  O 


•j 


^^/h^., 


Agent,a  who  has  investigated  the 
matter  and  from  which  it  appears 
that  our  people  were  not  given  to 
understand  anything6  about  the 
character  of,  or  necessity  for  the 
transportation  of  the  case  in  ques- 
tion by  the  passenger,  and  in  ac- 
cordance with  our  usual  custom, 
he  was  referred  to  the  express. 

I  am  sorry  he  did  not  call  for 
Mr.  Moses,  or  did  not  state  the 
case  to  the  man  with  whom  he  was 
dealing,  as  we0  certainly  should 
have  taken  it*  had  the  circum- 
tances  been  understood. 

Very  truly  yours, 

J.  K.  WALLBRIDGE. 


NEW  YORK,  Nov.  10th,  1886. 

Re  Policy  No.  217,346.    Grace. 
EMERSON  SARSFIELD,  Esq. , 

Arendtsville,  Pa. 

Dear  Sir  : — Your  favor  of  the 
8th  inst.  with  enclosures  as  stated6 
was  duly  received.  In  reply  we 
would  say  that  Mr.  Grace  is  en- 
tirely in  error  as  to  his/  rights 
under  this  policy.  It  is  well  set- 
tled under  the  general  current  of 
legal  decisions  that  the  title  to  a 


(a).  Accidentally  omitted  in  the  en- 
graving. 

(6).  Were-not-ffiven  (a  compound  neg- 
ative verb)  as  naturally  written  as  spok- 
en together  to  which  join  the  depend- 
ent infinitive  (to  understand)  omitting 
the  to  (easily  supplied)  ;  then  add  the 
object,  anything. 

(c)  As  is  adapted  to  wei,  for  greater 
legibility. 

(d).  It  added  by  shortening  Ten,  tak- 
en. 

(e).  As,  Iss2,  enlarged  to  add  the  s  of 
Stet  (a  convenient  duplicate  form  for 
state). 

(f).  Spetsoid2,  as  to  his,  may  be  well 
written  Ses2,  that  is,  dropping  to,  that 
his  may  be  added  by  enlarging  the  cir- 


64 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


life-policy  from  the  momeut  of 
its  issue  is  vested  in  the  benefici- 
aries named,  and  they  only  can 
control  it."  The  person  upon 
whose  life6  the  insurance  is  writ- 
ten although  he  may  have  made 
the  application  for  the  insurance 
and  although  he  may  pay  all  the 
premiums  under  it,  has  no  ii-ht 
to  dispose  of  the  policy  nor  any 
right  under  it  It  is  in  the  nat- 
ure of  a  complete  gift,  and  as  such6 
beyond  his  authority.  The  con- 
tract under  the  policy  is,  first, 
to  pay  Mrs.  Grace,  and  in  the 
event  of  her  prior  death,  to  his 
children,  and  in  rase  there  are 
neither  wife  nor  children,  then  to 
his  legal  representatives. 

The  Company  had  no  knowl- 
edge of  his  having  had  a  previous 
wife,  and  children  by  her,  and,  in 
the  absence  of  any  communications 
to  the  contrary,  the  presumption 
was  thdt  he  desired  all  of  his  child- 
ren to  benefit  by  the  in.-urance  in 
case  of  the  prior  death  of  his  wife; 
and  the  policy  was  written  ac- 
cordingly. Mr  Grace  aer<-j  tnl 
the  policy  without  objection,  and 
it  having  been"*  in  force  all  these 
years,  no  change  can  now  be  made 
unless  under  the  judgment  of  the 
l>roper  court  after  due  legal  pro- 
ceedings. 

The  Company  has  no  objections 
to  enter  proceedings  for  a  rever- 
sion of  the  policy  -------- 


(a).  Trel2,  control-led,  way  be  short- 
ened to  add  it. 

(b).  Life  written  with  El  to  admit  of 
joining. 

(c).  Ketsoid'-,  ami  as,  adding  s  of  such 
by  enlarging  the  circle. 

(d).  Omitting  the  ing-dot,  to  prev 
breaking  up  the  phrase. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


65 


in  accordance"  with  Mr.  Grace's 
wishes,  provided  such  proceedings 
are  entirely  at  his  own  expense. 
The  contract  as  it  now  stands  un- 
der the  information  we  have,  runs 
to  Mrs.  McGregor,  the  daughter  of 
Mr.  Grace,  as  the  sole  beneficiary. 
The  Company  cannot  legally  pay 
the  value  of  the  cash  dividend  to 
another6  person. 

We  regret  that  there  should 
have  been  any  complication  in  the 
case,  but  the  Company  has  no  op- 
tion in  the  matter. 

We  return  the  inclosures  re- 
ceived with  your  letter. 

Yours  truly, 

ARCHIBALD  BARTHOLDI, 

President. 


BOSTON,  MASS  ,  Dec.  12th,  1886. 

DR.  J.  W.  SANDFORD, 

Jamestown,  I  la. 

Dear  Doctor : — Yours  of  Dec.  8th 
declining  to  examine  for  us  for  a 
less  fee  than  five  dollars  is  duly 
received  and  contents  noted.0  Our 
circular  sent  you,  though  of  recent 
date  only,  embodied  what  was  al- 
ready our  custom  as  to  the  pay- 
ment of  medical  fees,  and  we  re- 
gret -  - 

(a).  With  is  very  easily  supplied,  and 
its  omission  saves  the  breaking  up  of  a 
phrase-sign. 

(6).  The  consonant  of  to  substituted 
for  the  vowel,  to  admit  of  lengthening 
for  thr=their,  there,  [an}other. 

(c).  Ketoid2  (awd):Tents-Net  (contents 
noted).  The  Ens-circle  of  contents,  is  not 
changed  by  adding  Net.  Tet-Iss  Net 
would  have  the  circle  on  the  other  side 
of  both  letters. 


66 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


ixtreniely  that  you  differ  from  us 
as  to  the  proper  fees  allowed  by 
;his  Company  for  medical  exam- 
"natious.  Our  fees  are  graded  ac- 
cording to  the  population  of  the 
places  whore  the  medical  examin- 
ers reside.  In  small  towns  and 
villages  of  less  than1*  three  thou- 
sand population  we  allow  a  fee  of 
ihreo  dollars,  and  in  larger  towns 
and  cities  we  allow  five  dollars. 
These  fees  aie  based  upon  the  dif- 
ference which  exists  in  the  cost  of 
living  and  all  the  prime  necessities 
of  life  between  cities  and  small 
towns.  The  rule  was  established 
after  careful  deliberation,  and  on 
consultation  with  several  of  the 
other  leading  life  insurance  com- 
panies. It  has  been  almost  uni- 
versally accepted  by  our  examin- 
ers as  just  and  proper.  The  same 
difference  in  fees  exists  through- 
out the  country,  and  where  the 
fee  for  a  medical  visit  in  New  York 
city  is  from  three  to  five  dollars, 
in  small  towns  ten  miles  distant 
from  it  the  regular  fee  is  only  two 
dollars.  There  would  seem  to  be 
no  reason  in  equity  why  the  same 
difference  should  not  be  made  in 
fees  which  are  to  be  paid  for  ex- 
aminations when  for  insurance 
companies  as  exists  in  the  scale6  of 
charges  for  medical  services  in 
other  branches  of  practice. 

We  hope  you  will  see  the  just- 
ness of  the  rule  we  have  adopted, 
and  continue  to  act  as  our  exam- 


fa).  Less  downward,  to  join  more  eas- 
ily with  than. 

(b).  The  In-hook  has  here  a  double 
advantage  over  the  En-stroke  :  the  lu- 
hook  joins  more  easily  to  Skel  (scale], 
and  does  not  take  the  latter  from  its 
proper  position. 


GENERAL   CORRESPONDENCE. 


67 


\f~ 


(a).  A  stroke  may  be  added  to  an  Ens- 
circle,  provided  it  does  not  bring  the 
circle  in  the  position  of  a  simple  cir- 
cle. It'  to  Jens  you  add  Kay,  you  will 
have  only  Jays-Kay  ;  but  Jens-En  dif- 
fers from  Jays-En. 

(6).  These  initials  if  pronounced 
"Em-Dee,"  are  best  written  as  in  the 
engraving. 


Yours  truly, 

ORLANDO  JOHNSON,"  M.  D.6 


NEW  YORK,  Oct.  13th,  1886. 
G.  W.  BLENHEIM,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Re(c)  Policy  No.  198,349.    Johnson. 

Dear  Sir  : — Your  favor  of  the 
10th  ultimo  duly  received.  Iu 
reply  we  would  say  that  the  rule 
of  the  Company  as  to  permits  for 
residence  in  Memphis  and  vicinity 
is  so  well  understood,  that  we  can 
hardly  imagine  an  agent  would 
solicit  insurance  in  that  locality 
without  stating  the  rule  to  the  ap- 
plicant. Without  discussing  the 
matter  further  in  this  case,  and 
simply  calling  your  attention"*  to 
the  agreement  in  your  application 
as  to  the  statements  made  by  you 
to  the  agent  in  communicating  to 
the  Company,  in  writing,  in  con- 
nection with  the*  application, — we 
would  say  that  the  Company  is 
disposed  under  the  circumstances 
as  stated/  by  you,  to  endeavor  to 
make  some  arrangements  satisfac- 
tory to  you,  by  which  you  may 
retain  the  insurance,  in  considera- 
tion of  your  havings  re.-ided  at  the 
South  for  a  large  portion  of  the 
last  four  years,  and  that  you  are 
to  remain  in  Memphis,  only  -  - 


(c).  Re  for  in  re,  is  the  Latin  for  "  in 
the  matter "  [of].  Better  say,  "  Con- 
cerning," instead  of  affecting  a  little 
Latin. 

(d).  And  simply  call[ing\  y[our  attention. 

(e).  In  [conn  implied]«c<io»  [with]  the. 

(Jf).  IssS,  enlarged  to  add  circle  of 
Iss-Tet  (a  duplicate  and  occasionally 
convenient  form  for  state-d).  The  gen- 
eral or  regular  form  for  state  is  Steh- 
Tee ;  like  Steh-Pee  for  step,  stop,  etc., 
Steh-Kay  for  stick,  stack,  etc. 

ig).  Jn[con]suleration[of]y[our]  'aving. 
Notice  the  shaping  of  the  Shon-hook, 
to  allow  the  joining  of  your  ;  that  your 
is  less  slanting  than  usual,  and  that 
the  Tee-hook  on  the  curve  is  a  little 
wider  and  longer  than  an  Eu-hook — 
that  it  is  an  unclosed  Steh-loop  in 
shape. 


68 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


joo 


for  about  three  months  of  each 
year.  Without  waiving  any  of  its 
rights,  tbe  Company  is  disposed  to 
place  your  policy  in  the  Southern 
class"  as  to  dividends,  if  you  desire 
to  continue  the  full  insurance;  or 
upon  your  completing  another  jvar 
premium,  a  paid-up  policy1  will  he 
issued  for  three-twentieths0  of  the 
amount,  and  permission  given  to 
reside  in  Memphis  without 
change.* 

After  consideration  please  give 
us  your  further  views  in  the  mat- 
ter. Yours  truly, 

GRANVILLE  BIRDSALL, 

President. 

ST.  PAUL,  Dec.  6th,  1886 
Dear  Sir : — I  received,  this 
morning,  your  letter  of  the  5th 
iust. ,  inclosing,  as  stated  therein, 
your  draft  for  $250,000,  and  in- 
forming me  that  you  will  make 
another  remittance,  on  the  1st 
prox.,  of  $100,000,  which  will  be 
in  full  payment  of  350  bonds,  of 
81,000  each,  of  the  Dakota  «& 
Midland  11.  R.  Company,  Nos.  351 
to  700  inclusive,  under  my  propo- 
sition of  the  26th  ult. 

(a).  Notice  how  Kels  (class)  is  joined 
to  the  En-hook  of  Southern,  namely  by 
an  offset  for  tho  hook  ;  and,  of  course, 
the  En-hook  is  less  incurved  than 
usually. 

(6).  Ped2:Pee  (lapped),  paid-up;  to 
which  compound  adjective  add  the 
modified  noun,  polic;/. 

(c).  It  is  unnecessary  in  note-taking 
to  write  the  soparatrix  of  fractious. 

(d).  A  paragraph  is  sometimes  nicely 
indicated  in  note-taking,  by  a  donbln 
period,  rather  than  by  making  a  para- 
graph in  the  notes. 


GENERAL   CORRESPONDENCE. 


69 


Very  respectfully, 

THOMAS  BROWN,  Treas. 
To  JOHN  HOPKLNSOJJ,"  President, 

New  York,  N.  Y. 


HON.  J.  C.  CHARLTON. 

Pres.  Dakota  &  Midland  R.  R.  Co., 
Fargo,  Dakota. 

Dear  Sir  : — I  inclose  you  letters 
from  our  Attorney,  and  our  En- 
gineer's map  showing  the  line  of 
right  of  way  we  desire  from  your 
Company.  I  wish  to  call  your  at- 
tention.6 to  the  importance  of  this 
matter,  and  to  urge  you  to  give  it 
your  consideration  at  the  earliest 
possible  moment. 

This  right  of  way  secured,0  there 
will  be  nothing  to  delay  the  con- 
struction of  the  entire  branch, 
twenty  miles,  from  Le  Seuer  to 
Chequamegon,  and  it  would  be 
completed  by  next  May.  Trust- 
ing that  I  shall  receive  an  early 
and  favorable  ---------- 


(a).  Here  the  Ens-circle  of  Pec-Kens 
is  not  altered  by  adding  En  in  the  way 
shown  in  the  engraving.  In  Pee-Kays- 
En,  the  simple  circle  would  come  on 
the  concave  side  of  the  En. 

(6).  The  engraving  shows  how  to 
make  easy  the  junction  between  Ish 
and  Kel.  And  here  it  is  important  to 
note,  ia  illustrated  another  way  of 
writing  call  your  attention,  namely,  by 
writing  Kcl-Teeshon=caM  [your]  atten- 
tion; that  is,  by  omitting,  as  a 
hindrance,  your;  rather  than,  as 
in  page  C7,  omitting  the  t  of  attention, 
writing  Kel-Yay-Enshon,  a  form  better 
reserved  for  call-ing  your  [Honor's  att}- 
ention. 

(c).  To  distinguish  Way-Iss-Ket  from 
Way-Iss-Kret,  let  the  Ar-hook  offset 
elongate  the  circle  a  little. 


70 


AMANUENSIS   PBACTICE. 


-LT-f  K//* 


^->- 


(a)  That  is, 

(&).  In  railroad  offices  it  would  An- 
swer to  write  Ter-Kel-Ing  for  track-lay- 
ing; Ter-Kler,  track-layer. 

(c).  In  writing  the  speech-phrase  at  no 
very  distantday,  the  writer  makes  (so  far 
as  is  convenient)  a  correspondent  writ- 
ing-phrase, breaking  up  after  very,  to 


reply,  I  am, 
Very  respectfully, 

THOMAS  BROWN, 

Vice-President. " 

RED  WING,  MINN.,  Dec.  1st.  1886 

Dear  Sir  : — Hereiu  find,  for  your 
order  No.  17,  a  draft  on  the  Met- 
ropolitan National  Bank  for  $100,- 
000,  payable  to  the  order  of 
Benny,  Parrey  &  Co.,  being  the 
amount  of  their  September  esti- 
mate. I  am  surprised  at  the  rap- 
idity with  which  the  track-laying6 
onthe"Kiver  Division  "is  being 
done. 

I  filed  to-day  Swamp-Land  List  of 
Selections  No.  10,  and  some  of  the 
land  embraced  in  that  list,  par- 
ticularly that  in  Township  No.  60, 
Range  18,  Section  36,  is  likely  to 
become  very  valuable  to  the  Com- 
pany at  no  very  distant  day." 

It  is  witb  pleasure  that  I  inform 
you  that,d  at  last,  I  have  succeed- 
ed in  making  an  amicable  arrange- 
ment by  which  Mr.  Micawber  will 


avoid  running  too  far  below  the  line, 
and  to  give  the  hand  a  new  impulse. 
Not  because  Ver  would  not  join  prop- 
erly with  distant,  for,  it  would— very 
modifying  distant,  and  Ver  (with  the 
heaviness  kept  on)  running  easily  into 
Dee. 

(d).  This  is  an  example  of  many 
phrases  in  which  the  conjunctive  titat 
is  separated  from  its  governing  word 
by  a  pronoun  ;  as,  inform  you  that,  ttll 
them  that,  wrote  him  that,  in  all  which  it 
is  desirable  to  keep  up  the  current  of 
writing  correspondent  to  the  speech. 
In  such  cases,  you  preceding  that  is 
sometimes  written  by  Yeh,  but  more 
generally  by  Yuh  joined  as  in  the  en- 
graving. 


GENERAL   CORRESPONDENCE. 


71 


succeed  Mr.  Perkins  as  a  Director, 
at  the  annual  meeting"  to  be  held 
Jan.  1st,  1887. 

I  have  just  received  a  telegram 
from  Mr.  Johnson,  informing  me 
that  he  will  arrive6  in  time  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  meeting  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee. 

I  had  a  long  interview  with  Mr. 
Gammon,  of  Quirk,  Gammon,  & 
Snap,  this  morning.  He  assures 
me  that  we  have  a  perfectly  clear 
and  good  case,  and  confirms  the 
position  I  have  held6  for  the  past 
two  years.  He  endorses  the  opin- 
ion of  the  court  in  "Smith  vs. 
Jones,"  reported  in  the  Federal 
Reporter,  June  number,  1884,  page 
545.  I  think  now,  as  does  Mr. 
Gammon,  that  the  proper  course 
is  tod  institute  a  suit  against  some 
one  who  has  taken  up  one  of  our 
quarter  sections,6  as  a  trespasser, 
asking  for  his  eviction  and  the 
quieting  of  our  title. 

Very  respectfully, 

THOMAS  BROWN, 

Vice-President. 
To  JOHN  HOPKTNSON,  President, 

New-York,  N.  T. 


(a).  The  ing-dot  of  this  phrase  might 
safely  be  omitted  by  the  experienced 
writer. 

(6).  Dhet-Chetoid  Lay-Ref  should  be 
made  with  Chetoid  slightly  slanted  arid 
the  Lay  quite  slanting,  so  that  the  two 
may  not  interfere.  Dhet1-Cheltoid-Ref 
would  be  allowable. 

(c).  Observe  that  but  a  portion  of  the 
hook  of  Teftoid  is  made  here,  in  order 
that  /  have  may  be  joined  to  held. 

(d).  Generally,  it  is  best  to  write 
Spetoid  for  is  to,  as  to,  and  then  put  fol- 
lowing word  in  its  place. 

(e).  AsPretoid  for  of  our  would  be  out 
of  position  here,  it  is  better  to  omit  the 
of  and  join  Ar  for  our.  Wen2-Ar,  one  of 
our ;  then  add  Kay-Werter  (quarter),  to 
which  add  sections. 


72 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


IJ&6 


'       f\     ^   <i~3hS                    --—*•> 
\—    '  -zav'5-?i/6<? v'» 


MINNEAPOLIS,  MINN., 

Dec.  llth,  1886. 

Messrs.  KIDDER,  PEABODY"  &  Co., 

New  York,  N.  Y. 
Gentlemen  : — I  have  your  favors6 
of  the  6th  inst.  I  inclose,  prop- 
erly endorsed,  your  certificate  for 
125  registered  coupon  4  per  cent, 
bonds  of  $1,000  each,  numbered 
from  2,345  to  2,460  inclusive,  of 
thec  Indiana,  Bloomington  &  West- 
ern R.  R.  Co.,  which  you  will 
please  have  transferred  into  coupon 
bonds  and  hold  the  same  subject 
to  my  future  orders,  advising  me 
that  you  have  so  done,  and  so 
hold  said  bonds. 

L,  B.  &  W.  "Fours,"  Indian- 
apolis Division,  are  quoted  in  the 
Herald  at  80  1-2  to-day. 

As  I  wish  to  sell  them  at  the 
highest  price  I  can  get,  I  may 
draw  upon  you  for  them  at  any 
tune,  but,  should  I  do  so,  I  will 
make  all  satisfactory  to  you. 

Yours  truly, 

JOHN  JONES,  Treasurer. 


(a).  Notice  that  Pee-Bee  should  be 
quite  slanting,  to  make  an  easy  junc- 
tion with  Dee. 

(6).  Ver3  as  a  word-sign  for  favor  is 
about  where  it  would  be  in  the  full 
form,  as  you  will  see  by  writing  EP- 
Ver.  Ver2  is  very,  and  Ver1  is  over. 

(c).  Of  the  should  not  be  implied  here, 
as  these  connectives  are  preceded  by  a 
pause,  and  do  not  refer  to  inclusive,  but 
refer  to  4  per  cent,  bonds  preceding. 


GENERAL   CORRESPONDENCE. 


73 


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OMAHA,  NEB.,  Jan.  24th,  1887. 
Mr.  P.  SHERIDAN, a  Ayent, 

Detroit,  Kansas. 

Udar  Sir:—  Your  favor  of  29th 
ultimo  at  hand.  Our  circular,  No. 
282,  refers  to  the  sale  of  tickets 
for  freight  trains  only.  In  the 
sale  of  tickets  for  passenger  trains, 
or  trains  that  are  classed  by  the 
time  card  as  freight  or  passenger, 
you  will  use  the  ordinary  Form  L- 
100,  blank  Local,  for  ordinary  lo- 
cal business,  and  the  SP.  Forms 
for  special  business. 

In  selling  freight-train  tickets 
to  parties  holding  half-fare  or  the- 
atric il5  permits,  or  other  special 
orders,  use  the  freight-train  tick- 
et, and  make  usual  notation  in 
line0  for  account. 

In  selling  freight-train  tickets 
to  children  who  are  entitled  to 
half  rate,  use  freight-train  ticket, 
and  mark  tickets  on  face  with  pen 
and  ink**  "Half." 

Yours  truly, 

K.  J.  PvUSSOM, 

G.  P.  &  T.  A.' 

(a).  Sher-Den=s'<r-dn;  while  Slirt- 
En  would  more  naturally  or  certainly 
be  translated  shrt-n. 

(b).  See  Theater  and  derived  words  in 
the  Dictionary. 

(c).  In  line. — In  this  phrase-sign,  In 
is  adapted  to  Line',  and  the  latter  is 
written  downward,  to  secure  easier 
joining.  After  using  the  phrase  once 
or  twice,  the  vocalization  would  be 
quite  superfluous. 

(d).  Weh-Pen-Tufr-Kay  :  that  is>,  omit- 
ting the  and  as  an  impediment. 

(«).  That  is,  Gay  tor  G.,  which  (to  note 
contraction)  is  transected  by  P.;  then 
write  Ketoid  for  <£•  ,•  join  T.,  then  add 
Ketoid  for  A.  =  Agent  here.  In  many 
cases,  it  will  be  better  to  substitute  the 
the  word-phrase  for  such  initial- 
phrases. 


74 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


(a).  The  initial  //  iu  name-phrases  is 
often  written  nicely  by  the  /(-tick. 
Here  it  does  not  join  quite  easily  with 
Hereford,  and  so  we  disjoin  the  latter. 

(It),  "c'o"  is  a  common  losghaud 
contraction  ;  in  which  <•  (written  above 
the  line,  standing  for  cure)  is  joined  to 
Cbay  (the  old-style  apostrophe),  con- 
nected with  o  (on  the  line)  for  orer. 
This  is  both  distinct  aiid  short  for  the 


OMAHA,  NKB.,  Jan.  2ith.  \ 

MR.  GEO.  H.°  HEREFORD, 

Care  of>  T.  6'.  1  'an  Xtce  fa  Co. , 

St.  Paul,  Minn." 

Dear  Sir  : — Referring  to  your 
fuvor  of  7th  inst.,  I  do  not  under- 
stand clearly  from  your  letter  just 
what  the  ground  for  complaint 
is.*  If  you  held  a  ticket  to  Goth- 
enburg,' and  wished  baggage 
checked/  to  North  Platte,  the 
agent  was  correct  in  refusing  to  do 
so,  as  agents  are  not  allowed  to 
check  baggage  beyond  the  destin- 
ation of  tickets.  This  you  will 

,  find  is  the   rule   of  all   railroads. 

|  Under  our  present  regulations,  we 
do  not  give  stop-overs  on  local 
tickets.  There  is  no  rule,  how- 
ever, forbidding  them  to  check 
baggage  short  of  destination  on 
any  first-class  ticket  whether  stop- 

i  overs  are  allowed  or  not. 

You  state  in  first  paragraph  of 
your  letter  having  sent  your  bag- 
gage, 1550  pounds,  on  to  North 
Platte  ;  then  further  on  you  state 
that  you  were  not  allowed  to  do 
so.  Please  explain  the  case  more 
fully;  and,  if  there  is  anything  we 
can  do  to  remedy  the  difficulty 
and  protect  ourselves,  we  shall  be 
glad  to  do  it. 
Yours  truly, 

B.  li.  WOOD, 

G.  T.A 

stenographer,  lor  care  of  or  in  care  of, 
in  addresses. 

(c).  Here  scant  epace  suggests  \<\  r..<- 
inj;  a  familiar  address. 

(d).  Why  not  join  is  to  complaint?  Be- 
cause complaint  is  not  the  subject  of 
is. 

(e).  This  name  Laving  a  German  look 
we  give  the  tk  the  sound  of  t.  The  pro- 
nunciation may  be  in  this  country  (;.v 
thenberg,  for  which  I  would  write  Gay- 
Then-Bee-Ray-Gay. 

(/).  If  you  need  a  quicker  form,  Use 
special  contractions  :  Bee2tChay,  bag- 
gage check-fd;  Chay— Bee,  check-ed.  bag- 
gage. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


^/ 


(a).  Cow  here  is  not  like  the  prefix 
con=with  Therefore  it  is  not  entitled 
to  he  expressed  by  the  con-dot.  The 
syllable  con  here  is  properly  written 
Ken,  like  other  syllables  of  the  sort  ; 
cane,  can,  kin.  The  syllable  rail  will  be 
written  most  distinctly  Ray  Dee,  as  are 
ride,  road,  rod,  etc.  If  familiar  with 


GKEEN  ISLAND,  N.  Y  , 

Feb.  1st,  1887. 

CONKAD"  INGEUL,  Esq., 

Dear  Sir  : — Relative  to  attached 
correspondence  in  regard  to 
"grinding"  car  wheel  treads,  I 
would  say  that,  in  my  opinion, 
the  advantages  gained  by  this 
practice  are  very  much  overrat- 
ed.6 I  concede,"  however,  that  a 
chilled  wheel*  that  is  compara- 
tively new,  and  flange  not  too 
much  worn,  may  be  ground  suffi- 
cient to  remove  flat  spots  of  not 
more  than  two  and  a  half*  inches 
in  length,  without  materially  in- 
juring the  chill,  providing  the 
wheel  is  perfectly  round,  and  bor- 
ed exactly  central.  As  it  is  almost 
impossible  to  secure  these  latter 
conditions,  the  process  of  grinding 
must  of  necessity  leave  the  surface 
of  tread  of  different  degrees  of 
hardness  or  temper  The  diamet- 
ric reduction  necessary  to  remove 
a  flat  spot  2  1-2  inches  long  (as- 
suming the  wheel  to  be  round  and 
centrally  bored),  would  be  about 
16-100  of  an  inch;  but  the  varia- 
tions alluded  to  might  cause  a 
further  reduction. 


the  name,  Red  might  answer  for  such 
syllables  joined,  as  in  Pref-Red,  prefer- 
KED  ;  Red-End,  REDundant-ce.  But  in 
unfamiliar  names,  Red  might  be  trans- 
lated more  properly  rat,  etc. 

(6).  Why  not  write  Ver'-Ret?  Over- 
rate is  Veri  (over)  plus  Ray'-Tee  ;  and 
you  properly  shorten  the  Tee  for  ted. 

(c).  Most  conveniently  written  Tet- 
oid1,  /;  underwriting  implies  con-; 
Sdee1,  -cede.  Or  write  /  in  its  place  and 
write  Sdee  for  concede,  writing  either 
the  con-dot,  or  supplying  it  in  the 
reading.  When  fiimilianzed,  the  briet- 
est  method  here  (as  in  ten  thousand 
other  cases)  is  the  most  legible. 

(d).  To  secure  a  junction  here,  Wei 
(wheel)  is  written  downward. 

(e).  In  this  phrase-sign,  the  a  is  omit- 
ted as  an  impediment. 


AMANUENSIS    PBACTICE. 


-v 


The  loss  of  metal  would  not 
materially  affect  thca  durability  of 
tlie  wheel,  if  the  ground  surface 
were  left  exactly  parallel  to  the 
original  periphery.  In  the  case  of 
a  wheel  that  has  made  from  30,- 
000  to  40,000*  mileage,  as  a  rule 
the  flanges  are  too  much  worn  to 
justify  grinding. 

I  am  not  certain  that  steel- tired 
wheels  may  not  be  trued-up  more 
economically  by  grinding  than  l>y 
turning  in  a  lathe.  The  flanges, 
in  any  event,  would  require  to  be 
finished  by  the  latter  process. 

Yours  truly, 

THEODORE  QUACKENBOSS. 


DOVER,  N.  J.,  Feb.  3rd,  1887. 

FOLSOM  CHUZZLEWIT,  ESQ., 

Dear  Sir : — I  submit  herewith 
detailed  estimates  of  cost  of  FLit, 
Coal,  Stock,  and  Box  cars  for  the 
Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  North  Mich- 
igan R.  R  Co. 

(a).  How  shall  we  treat  this  speech- 
phrase — would  not  materially  affect  tiie? 
We  join  would  not,  Wiih--Xft  ;  disjoin 
materially  Iroru  the  preceding  not  (be- 
cause it  is  not  easy  to  join  distinguish- 
ably  a  shortened  and  a  lengthened  let- 
ter without  an  angle  between  them); 
we  write  EP  (affect}  in  its  special  posi- 
tion for  greatest  legibility  ;  join  the  ; 
and  then  disjoin  durability  (to  avoid 
running  too  lar  below  the  line). 

(6).  Here  work  finely  our  two  devices 
—a  long  slanting  stroke  joined  to  com- 
mon figures,  for  ty  ;  and  Ith  as  a  word- 
sijju  for  thousand.  With  which  in  the 
phrase  "  to  40,000,"  combines  bcauti- 
lully  our  device,  the  fourth  position, 
implying  the  to. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


77 


I  wish  to  call  your  attention  to 
the  fact  that  these  estimates  are 
made  under  considerable  disad- 
vantage, as,  although  we  have,  on 
several  previous  occasions,  com- 
piled estimates  for  these  cars,  we 
have  not,  at  any  time,  seen  any 
drawings  of  them.  There  is,  Low- 
ever,  a  comparatively  complete 
bill  of  materials  attached  to  the 
specifications,  and  our  estimates 
have  been  compiled  from  these. 
Generally,  there  is  reason  to  be- 
lieve, however,  that  serious  dis- 
crepancies may  be  found  in  these 
bills ;  and  in  the  absence  of  more 
definite  information,  I  have  fol- 
lowed them  as  far  as  possible. 

The  board  measurement  of  the 
lumber  does  not  appear  accurate 
in  detail,  though  the  total  quan- 
tities per  car  are  probably  about 
right. 

For  the  Box  Car  roof  the  bill 
allows  only  611  feet.  It  is  a  dou- 
ble-board roof,  and  I  have  felt  it 
requisite  to  increase  that  quantity 
to  770  feet  per  car. 

For  Flat  and  Coal  Cars  the  bill 
allows  712  feet,  which  is  not  suffi- 
cient. I  have  increased  it  to  735 
feet  per  car. 

In  regard  to  the  quality  of  the 
lumber,  I  have  estimated  upon 
the  use  of  our  standard  freight 
car  grades ;  ----------- 


78 


AMANUENSIS   HJACTICE. 


ttt 


,       ,     \°£     C_ 


\    \    ^^  I*    r 

\    \     ,  L^__. 


(^    L 


say,  sills  two  corners  heart,  floor- 
ing one  face  heart,  siding  "A" 
strips,  roofing  first  and  second 
clear  stiips,  and  inside  lining  "C" 
Norway  strips. 

The  dimension  lumber  would  be 
comparatively  unseasoned,  and  the 
lining,  siding  and  roofing  properly 
kiln-dried. 

The  specifications  call  for  a 
standard  or  Hewitt  journal  bear- 
ings. I  have  estimated  ou  Hewitt 
bearings.  The  exact  meaning  of 
the  term  "Standard,"  we  cannot 
determine  without  an  inspection 
of  the  drawings. 

The  weight  of  the  channel  bar 
is  given  as  440  Ibs.  per  car,  and  it 
is  specified  to  be  7-16-  inch  thick. 
A  channel  bar,  such  as  we  gener- 
ally use,  ought  to  weigh  455  Ibs. 
per  car,  and  the  web  is  5-10  inch 
thick.  It  would  appear  that  the 
channel  bar,  as  specified,  should 
weigh  about  534  Ibs  ,  if  the  web 
be  increased  to  7-16  inch  ;  and  it 
will  weigh  still  more  if  any  in- 
crease is  made  in  the  thickness  of 
the  flange. 

Yours  truly, 

Al-rilCiXSK   AniSAMONTE. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


79 


CHILLICOTHB,  OHIO, 

March  1st,  1887. 

UODOLPHUS  SEWELL,  ESQ., 

Dear  Sir  ^-Referring  tu  enclosed 
letter  from  General  Manager  of 
the  Cincinnati  Elevated  Railway 
Com  pan),  in  i  elation  to  sample 
trimmings  left  with  this  Compa- 
ny, for  our  guidance  in  the  con- 
struction of  their  cars,  I  would  beg 
leave  to  state  that  all  this  materi- 
al was  shipped  back  a  week  or  ten 
tlays  ;igo,  consigned  to  the  Rail- 
way Company,  care  Master  Me- 
chanic, No.  98  Vine  Street,  with 
the  exception  of  one  each  top  and 
side  grab  iron,  one  each  inside 
and  outside  journal  box  guides, 
and  one  hand  strap  rail,  which  we 
ave  been  unable  to  find,  aid 
which  must  either  have  been  used 
in  the  construction  of  the  cars,  or 
scrapped,  by  mistake,  after  their 
completion.  Bill  for  these  items 
may,  therefore,  be  rendered  us  by 
the  Railway  Company,  and  we  will 
make  settlement  for  same. 
Yours  truly, 

Oil  K 1STOPII  EH  11  KT.TAWEIiIi. 


80 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


-  1 


'-__ ->) 


r* 


WEST  ALBANY,  N.  Y., 

Feb   3rd,  1887. 

EUGENE  SWARTZ,  ESQ., 

Dear  Sir  : — I  atu  in  receipt  of 
your  favor  of  9th  inst  ,  relative  to 
proposed  changes  iu  the  nine 
coaches  still  to  be  built  for  the 
Kana'wha  &  Ohio  R.  R.  I  under- 
stand that  we  are  to  retain  the 
Challender  trussing,  as  well  as  the 
present  form  of  hood,  and  their 
standard  platform;  and  that  we  are 
to  make  no  change  in  the  framing, 
except  where  necessitated  by  having 
square  window-tops  and  door -tops. 
I  also  note  that  the  interior  finish 
is  to  be  of  cherry,  and  is  to  resem- 
ble the  Newport  Ne«s  &  Mississip- 
pi Valley  cavs,  including  similar- 
ity of  basket  racks,  heading  and 
decoration.  There  is  to  be  a  Lad- 
ies' toilet  room  provided  at  the 
opposite  end  from  the  gent's  clos- 
et. Yours  truly, 

HOWARD  BRYANT. 


GENERAL   COKKESPONDENCE. 


81 


(a).  For  the  colon  customarily  follow- 
ing Dear  Sirs  and  other  words  of  ad- 
dress, the  note-taker  may  use  the  slant- 
ing line  commonly  representing  a  per- 
iod, but.  which  may  be  used  for  a  colon 
or  semicolon.  But,  if  the  writer  is 
needing  to  save  every  stroke  he  possi- 
bly can,  he  may  ouiit  it  safely  after 


AMERICAN     WINDLASS    CO. 

SCHOONER  WILLIAM  WILSON, 

BOSTON,  Maich  1st,  1887. 
MESSES.  EMERY  &  CHENEY, 

Dear  Sirs  :tt — I  am  pleased  to  in- 
form you  of  the  perfect  working 
and  my  entire  satisfaction  with 
your  Patent  Elastic  Chain  Stopper,} 
which  I  have  had  in  use,  on  board 
the  above  named  vessel,  for  the 
past  five  mouths.  I  have  given  it 
some  very  severe  tests,6  and  find  it 
fully  upd  to  any  emergency.  While 
at  Galvestou,  I  \\as  compelled  to 
lay  outside  some  two  weeks,  and 
during  this  time  rode  entirely  by 
the  Stopper,  with  a  single  chain  of 
thirty  fathoms.  During  this  peri- 
od we  experienced  two  or  three 
heavy  blows  from  the  south-east 
and  north ;  and  the  ease  with 
which  the  vessel  rode  was  remark- 
ed by  all  on  board. 

I  was  compelled  by  stress  of 
weather  to  put  into  Cape  Ann  on 
the  outward  passage,  where  we 
rode  out  a  very  severe  gale  with 
one  anchor  and  chain  on  the  Stop- 
oer.  the  other  anchor  being  dis 
abled. 

Dear  Sirs,  and  similarly-used  words  of 
address. 

(1>).  If  a  special  contraction  should 
be  desired,  phonographically  express 
in  briefest  distinctive  manner  the  ini- 
tials— p.  el.  chn-st. 

(c).  In  this  speech-phrase — I  have  giv- 
en it  some  very  severe  tests — it  is  neces- 
sary to  disjoin  after  very  and  also  after 
severe.  Though  very  modifies  severe, 
the  junction  is  impractical  ;  and 
though  severe  modifies  tests,  we  cannot 
join  the  two  words  ;  that  is,  not  prac- 
tically,  having  reference  to  ease  of 
junction,  lineality,  and  speed. 

(d).  Fully  modifies  up  here,  and  the 
words  are  as  naturally  joined  iu  writ- 
ing as  in  speaking. 


82 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


\  c- 


(a).  The  tngr-dot  is  more  usually  em- 
ployed in  words  of  two  or  more  strokes, 
as  surging,  bringing,  lor  space-brevity  ; 
but  in  (>ringing-n/i.  as  tin1  phrase  occurs 
here,  the  ing  is  better  represented  by 
the  In1;  stroke,  to  avoid  breaking-lip 
tli is  natural  phrase,  brinying-up. 


I  iind  it  a  great  relief  upon 
chains  in  riding  in  open  road- 
steads, and  especially  so  in  getting 
anchor  in  a  sea-way,  as  all  of  the 
surging  and  sudden  bringing  up« 
of  the  chains  upon  the  windlass, 
which  so  often  breaks  chains,  is 
obviated  by  the  Stopper. 

Any  further  information*  you 
may  wish  in  regard  to  the  matter 
I  will  most  cheerfully  give  at  any 
time.c 

Respectfully  yours, 

SAM.  P.  WILSON, 
Master  Schr.  William  Wilson.d 


(6).  Any  further  information  is  one 
phrase  ;  and  the  junction  between 
Ferdher  and  Enshou  would  not  be  dil- 
flcult.  Why  disjoin  Eushon  1  Lest 
perchance  it  should  be  read  notion. 
Such  errors  become  less  possible  with 
each  day's  experience. 

(c).  Hero  /  will  most  cheerfully  give 
makes  you  expect  an  affirmative  at  any 
time,  and  not  the  more  usual  sense  of 
Tee:!-En-Tee,  at  no  time.  So  we  can 
here  avoid  either  the  disjoining  (to 
put  any  in  its  position)  or  the  vocaliz- 
ing any  with  e. 

(d)  The  initial  w  may,  for  greater 
care,  be  written,  or  it  may  be  dropped 
as  a  superfluity  or  hindrance,  in  some 
familiar  words  or  names  ;  as,  Wel2, 
well;  Slays2,  as  well  as  (where  the  Way- 
hook  would  be  a  hindrance);  Lay2,  will 
(the  frequent  auxiliary  verb,  in  which 
the  w  would  be  a  superfluity  and  also  a 
hindrance;  Wcl'.wt'W  (the  uouii  in  which 
the  w  is  well  to  distinguish  will  from 
law);  WeL-Ein,  William  (in  which  name 
it  is  generally  superfluous);  WeLs-En, 
Wilson  lin  which  the  w  might  in  some 
cases  be  necessary  to  distinguish  Wil- 
son from  Allison,  Lawson,  etc.,  written 
Els-En).  In  the  compound  name  Wil- 
liam Wilson,  we  may  omit  the  w  from 
each  of  the  names.  This  omission 
proves  doubly  advantageous  in  Wilson 
here,  saving  the  writing  of  the  w-hook, 
and  making  easier  the  junction  with 
the  preceding  stroke. 


( MJNKKAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


83 


J  - 


To  whom  it  may  concern  :° 

The  schooner  "  Hero,"  of * 

tons  measurement,  on  Dec.  20th, 
1879,  became  jammed  in  the  draw- 
to  our  freight  yard  draw-bridge. 
The  power  from  an  ordinary  cap- 
stan windlass  and  a  locomotive 
was  of  no  avail.0  The  delay  in 
closing  the  bridge  was  becoming  a 
serious  matter,  when  the  steam 
tug  ' '  H.  Chapel ' '  was  applied  tod 
for  assistance.  Her  method  of 
doing  the  work  was  unique  and 
simple.  Making  herself  fast  to 
lines  ahead  she  backed  down, 
took  on  board  the  schooner's  haw- 
ser, which  was  made  fast  to  her 
Patent  Steam  Capstan,  and  work- 
ed with  an  extraordinary  power 
by  connecting  with  her  main  en- 
gine shaft.  It  (the  power)  was 
applied  so  even  and  steadilv  that 
it  could  be  hardly  realized,  the 
only  evidence  perceptible  was  the 
reduced  size  of  the  hawser,  which, 
when  passed  out,  measured  six 
inches, 


(a).  This  style  of  address,  which  may 
be  called  a  "  statement  form,"  gives 
sometimes  a  freedom  that  the  "  person- 
al address  "  form  would  hardly  allow. 

(6).  In  transcribing,  substitute  tue 
ascertained  number  or  other  equiva- 
lent of  the  dash,  if  so  desired,  or.  in 
reading  your  notes,  read  the  dash  as 
"blank "  so  and  so. 

(c).  To  distinguish  hero  no  avail  from 
no  vitlitf,  put  in  the  initial  dot  of  avail. 

(d).  A  beautiful  instance  of  lappin;; 
where  joining  would  be  impossible. 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


'  v 


n' 


but  when  the  vessel  gave  way  un- 
der such  strain  (variously  esti- 
mated from  500  to  1,000  horse- 
power), the  hawser  had  become  a 
solid  bar  of  4-inch  manilln.  It 
\v;is  at  this  point  the  unique  work- 
ing of  the  boat  and  Capstan  came 
to  notice.  As  the  vessel  gradual- 
ly came  out  from  the  draw  and 
was  free  from  it,  the  tug  forged 
ahead  with  her  vessel  in  tow,  took 
in  her  head  lines  and  towed  the 
vessel  to  her  wharf.  This  was  ac- 
complished without  slacking  upon 
the  hawser,  or  running  out  or 
taking  in  extra  lines  from  the 
schooner,  or  ceasing  of  pulling 
during  any  time  the  hawser  was 
attached  to  the  Capstan.  The  ex- 
planation given  us  was  this  :  the 
Capstan  being  attached  to  the 
main  engine  shaft,  the  propeller 
Mades  rotate  with  it,  and  at  the 
moment  the  increased  power  is 
not  needed,  by  a  simple  lever  the 
Capstan  gear  was  disconnected, 
leaving  the  tug  its  regular  towing 
facilities,  while  the  Capstan,  ceas- 
ing to  turn,  had  become  the  tow- 
iug  bitt  of  the  tug.  The  time  oc- 
cupied in  rendering  us"  this  valua- 
ble service  was  less  than  one  hour.4 
(Signed)  CHARLES  W.  ASH. 
Yard  Master,  Boston  <£  Lowell  R.  R. 


(a).  Here  two  valuable  expedients  are 
combined  :  The  Ar-hook  on  En  prefixes 
the  r  of  render,  and  tbe  rn^-dot  is  drop- 
ped, in  order  to  prevent  adding  the  us 
by  the  circle. 

(6).  To  prevent  breaking  up  this 
phrase,  the  than  is  dropped,  and  \vi> 
readily  supply  the  word  in  reading  less 
'one.  hour. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


85 


-N^rv-^^f 


-y?  r^>.y/±..; 


J—^,   L   'v.. 


x/ 


CETTE,  Oct.  24th,  1872. 
MONSIEUR"  JULES  E.  LEGER,* 

.Fecamp.0 

In  reply  to  your  letter  upon  the 
subject  of  the  trial  of  the  "  Stop- 
per "during  my  last  cruise  upon 
the  Banks  of  Newfoundland,  I  can 
answer  you  that  this  system  is 
the  best  invention  that  I  have 
ever  known  to  prevent  rupture  of 
chains.  With  this  Stopper  there 
is  no  need  of  usin<j  the  claws, 
which  is  a  marked  advantage  in 
heav[ine]-up-the  chains.  With 
wind  and  bad  weather  it  5s  not 
necessary  to  pay  out  the  same 
quantity  of  chain  ;  I  have  never 
paid  out  more  than  150  fathoms, 
when  the  vessels  about  me  were 
on  their  full  scope  Finally,  I 
have  never  lost  any  chain.  In  a 
word,  it  is  a  great  invention  of 
great  utility  for  fishermen. 
VICTOR  GALISSARD, 
Master  of  the  three-masted  schooner 

••  Bayard,"  of  Fecamp. 

PHILADELPHIA,  Sept.  30th,  1884. 
AMERICAN  SHIP  WINDLASS  Co. 

Gentlemen  : — In  answer  to  your 
inquiry,  would  say  that  the  Steam 
Windlass 

(a).  Monsieur. — Write  the  m  by  Era  ; 
the  o  nasalized  (by  the  n),  by  waving 
the  second-place  heavy  dash ;  then 
write  the  s  by  Es  ;  then  ieii=ie  by  Tub 
(for  i)-Tetoid  for  e.  Usually,  in  French, 
a  final  consonant  is  silent.  In  Jules  = 
Zhul,  write  Zhay'-El.  and  the  6  pro- 
nounced through  do  is  written  by  a 
parallel  dash  in  the  first  place.  See 
Haud-Book,  page  202,  §7  ;  §9,  3. 

(6).  Le«er=  Lezba. 

(c).  In  Fecamp  =Feko',  the  6  of  the 
last  syllable  (nasalized  by  mp  in  French 
spelling,  by  an  inverted  comma  in  our 
phonetic  spelling)  is  vocalized  in  our 
phonography  by  waving  the  dash-line. 


86 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


L. 


made  by  you  for  our0  tug  ' '  Gco. 
W.  Pride,  Jr.,"  has  proved  very 
efficient  and  valuable  for  us,  and 
we  use  it  constantly  in  our"  ordin- 
ary business.  In  pulling  a  vessel 
off  when  aground,  by  dropping 
both  aucbors  and  starting  the 
Windlass  it  doubles  tbe  power  of 
the  tug.  When  holding  a  ship  in 
tideway,  by  dropping  the  tug's 
anchor  instead  of  the  ship's,  it 
saves  much  labor  and  time.  In 
stripping  a  wreck,  it  is  very  ef- 
ficient as  a  hoisting  engine 
for  heavy  loads.  In  getting 
the  schooner  "Robert  Mor- 
gan"  off  the  beach  at  Atlantic 
City,  we  took  in  her  8  000  pounds 
of  chain  and  4 600  pound  anchor 
off  the  bottom  without  any  trou- 
ble. In  fact,  the  Windlass  has 
paid  for  itself  several  times  dur- 
ing the  two  years  it  has  been  on 
board.  We  recommend  it  for  use 
on  all  wrecking  or  steam  tugs. 

GEORGE  W.  PRIDE  &  SON. 


(a).  In  for  our  the  Ar-hook  for  our, 
here  best  brings  the  phrase-sign 
into  the  our  position  ;  aud  thus 
distinguishing  it  from  Fer2,  from. 
In  like  manner  our  determines  the  po- 
sition of  in  our,  Ner3  ;  Ner1,  near ;  Ner2, 
manner. 


GENEKAL    CO14UE8PONDENCE. 


87 


/ 

---  Tf 


y  / 

£•  —  if 


f 


•O* . 


^ 
\ 


(a).  This  is  beautiful  phrase-writing: 
on,  the  preposition  being  joined  to 
xjiiri/x  (to  imply  the  Ar-book,  as  in  Jas- 
;•(•)•):  o/'bctwet'ij  nouns  bcin^  omitted; 
and  iiirpent'  being  written  for  turpen- 
tine. 


MESS.  E.  C.  PAKMELEK,  SONS  &  Co. 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Gentlemen: — Your  esteemed  fa- 
vor of  the  28th  inst.  to  hand.  The 
market  on  spirits  of  turpentine*  is 
at  present  very  doubtful.  It  is 
probable  that6  it  will  decline  for  a 
few  days6  to  27  cents,  but  at  this 
season  of  the  year<*  there  is  gener- 
ally considerable  manipulation  of 
the  supply,  as  it  is  likely  to  be- 
come reduced  just  before  the  new 
crop.  We  have  intimations  of 
considerable  rise  later  on,  but  just 
at  the  present  moment  think  you 
are  safe  to  run  on  regular  require- 
ments. We  will  give  you  all  the 
information  we  can,  and  also  any 
"points "  we  may  gather  indicat- 
ing the  advisability  of  purchasing 
ahead. 

Yours  truly. 

EXCELSIOII  ClIKMICAIi  &  Oil.  Co. 


Mr.  FABRICIUS  ru  GUISSKPPK, 

Limassoe,  Cyprus. 
Dear  Sir  : — We  confirm  ours  of 
Dec.  28th,  and  acknowledge  re- 
ceipt of  your  esteemed  favor  of 
the  8th  inst.,  contents  of  which 
\vo  have  carefully  noted.  If  you 
will  send  us  small  type  samples  of 
the  Cyprian, 


(b).  It  is  probalile  that.  It  is  is  IH-IV 
joined  to  the.  predicate  probabl<>.  that, 
where  we  break  up  iu  writing  the  re- 
mainder of  tho  speech-phrase. 

(c),  Fnrafnodays.  This  phr!ise-si»:i 
omits  the  <i  as  superfluous  in  writing, 
and  also  as  difficult  to  join. 

(il).  Ili-ro  \ve  join,  to  the  preposition 
/it,  fin'  lor  this,  to  which  we  add  Ses-En 
for  season,  and  join  Yen  for  year,  omit- 
ting the  ofl/ie  as  superfluous. 


88 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


o    \_ 


Candian,  and  Syrian  oils  which 
you  mention  we  would  be  able  to 
speak  definitely  of  their  value  to 
us.  We  would  not  care  to  order 
until  we  had  shown  samples  to 
our  trade.  We  would  also  like  to 
have  samples  of  the  Sesame  oil  and 
very  lowest  prices  on  all  the  above, 
together  with  rates  of  freight  and 
frequency  of  steamers.  Awaiting 
your  further  favors,  we  remain, 
Very  truly  yours, 

EXCELSIOR  CHEMICAL  &  OIL  Co. 


THOMAS  JKKFKKSO.N,  Ksq. 

D.  F.  A..  C.  »fc  JV.   W.  R'y, 

Chicago,  ///.<. 

Dear  Sir  : — When  sending  me 
salt  orders  please  be  careful  to 
note  the  State  or  Territory*  to 
which  the  property  is  designed  to 
go.  We  have  a  number  of  in- 
stances where  there  arel  two  sta- 
tions of  the  same  name  on  our 
road  in  different  States,  and  it 
causes  considerable  trouble  and 
confusion.  Take  for  instance  the 
order  you  sent  the  other  day  to 
Allen  &  Sou,  Aurora,  111.  We 
have  an  Aurora  in  Illinois  and 
one  in  Dakota. 

Yours  truly, 

I'IASSKS  STKADMAX, 


(a).  Or  territory.  Where  and  is  pre- 
ferably written  Keloid,  we  may  gener- 
ally join  or  (by  Tetoid,  of  course). 

(6).  That  is,  to  where  (Wer2)  add  there 
(by  lengthening  the-  s! might  line),  and 
lap  inithi-r  than  join)  the  added  «;•<•  rc- 
([iiirrd. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


(a).  The  McL  is  best  written  here  by 
Em-Kel ;  that  is,  adding  by  an  El-hook 
the  L  to  the  K  sound  of  Me.  See  MAC 
in  the  Dictionary. 

(6).  Here  it  is  well  to  omit  your,  and 
it  is  safe  in  such  a  familiar  phrase  to 
write  "ate'shou"  for  atenshon. 

(c).  Via.  the  Latin  word  for  way,  iu 
the  ablative  case,  or  relation,  as  here  = 


89 


Esq. 

Referring  to  correspondence  rel- 
ative to  complaint  made  by  S.  M. 
M —  —  on  account  of  shipments 
of  freight  from  this  city  to  Lin- 
coln, Neb.  being  diverted,  I  woukl 
respectfully  invite  your  attention*" 
to  statement  of  billing  next  at- 
tached, which  shows  that  the 
property  was  routed  via.6  Chicago 
The  mistake  in  my  bill  of  lading* 
reading  via  "Council  Bluffs''  was 
owing  to  the  fact  that  Mr.  M — 's 
receipt  had  noted  in  the  body  %'vi  i 
Council  Bluffs."  The  property 
was  billed  all  right. 

Yours  truly, 

LAWRENCE  LUKENBILL, 

G.  F.  A. 


PATRICK  McGoxiGAL,  Esq. 

Again  returning  correspondence 
relative  to  shipment  of  a  car  of 
flour  to  Jones  &  Curtis,  Des 
Plaines,  from  J.  B.  A.  Kern  &  Son, 
of  this  city,  I  would  say  that  Mr. 
Wesson,  Mr.  Kern's  head  man, 
positively  assures  me  that  they 
have  not  received  any  order  from 
these  parties  nor  have  tliey  had 
any  correspondence  with  any  ono 
bv  the  name  ----------- 


6>/  the  way  (of  supplied).  Being  a  for- 
eign word,  it  is  well  to  put  iu  the  ac- 
cented vowel  to  make  the  reading  eas- 
ier. 

(d).  In  many  offices  this  phrase 
would  be  so  familiar  that  its  consonants 
may  safely  be  expressed  iu  the  very 
briefest  way  ;  as  Bel-Eld  ;  that  is,  ns- 
iug  Bel  (instead  of  Bee-Lay)  for  bill  ; 
omitting  tin-  of  (us  frequently  between 
two  related  nouns)  •  and  writing  Eld 
for  laJ[ing]. 


AMANUENSIS    PIUCTICE. 


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of  Jones  &  Curtis  or  Jones  &  Co. 
Mr.  Wesson  thinks  that  this  order 
was  placed  through  their  Chicago 
house,  Meyer  &  Co.,  and  as  they 
carry  a  large  stock"  of  flour  at  all 
times  probahly  the  order  will  be 
filled  from  there 
Yours  truly, 

Louis  SHELD, 

Com' I  A'-fnt. 


O..  Mar.  2d,  1887. 
H.  K.  MACFARLANE,  K 

Dear  Sir  : — Answering  your  fa- 
vor of  llth  nit.,  I  beg  leave*  to  ad- 
vise you  that  we  shall  arrange  to 
manufacture  the  window  screens 
which  you  require  for  the  five  new 
drawing  room  cars,  viz.,  three  ad- 
ditional for  each  car,  or  fifteen  in 
all.  We  will  also  see  that  cars 
leaving  here  in  future  are  likewise 
provided  ;  and  in  the  event  of  any 
cars  leaving  the  works  before  the 
additional  quantity  can  be  manu- 
factured, they  will  be  subsequent- 
ly forwarded. 

(a).  An  illustration  of  the  occasional 
changing  of  a  form  for  convenience  of 
joining  ill  occasional  phrases.  The 
general  form  for  stuck  would  be  Steh- 
Kay,  but  as  (lie  Stch  loop  would  join 
but  awkwardly  with  Jay:l,  the  junction 
is  wade  easy  by  substituting  Iss-Tee 
for  the  loop.  But  observe-  that  such 
occasionally  convenient  form  would 
not  require  as  the  general  (or  regu- 
lar) lorin  Iss-Tee-Kay,  instead  of  Steh- 
Kay.  The  most  general  principle  of 
selecting  forms  is.  In  m-lfct  tlif  briefest 
i itsil;/  i-i'i-iili;nli!f.  fnrin  ;  having  to  con- 
sider at  limes  ximilnr  words,  and  the 
eonvenienc  e  of  joining  derivative  let- 
ters. 

(6).  A  very  convenient  mode  of  writ- 
ing !'>;/  Inn--',  that  is.  by  using  the 
consonantal  expression  :  as. 
Hi -.--(111 •!'.'"'.'/  l''<i '•>  :  and  tln>  reporter, 
of  course,  is  not  so  limited  as  the  !>,•- 
giiim  r  is,  to  select  easily  vocali/.alile 
forms  in  such  cases. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


91 


Regarding  omission  of  bell-cord 
hangers  in  the  smoking-rooma  ves- 
tibule, I  have  pleasure  in  report- 
ing that  we6  corrected  this  omis- 
sion in  the  cars0  now  under  con- 
struction, and  have  forwarded  to 
your  address  the  five  hangers  re- 
quired for  the  cars6  which  left  here 
unprovided  with  them. 

Trusting  this  will  be  satisfac- 
tory, I  am, 

Yours  truly, 

HORNER  SHOLLEU. 


CHICAGO, 

April  15th,  1886. 

CAMPBELL    PRINTING     PRESS    AND 
MANUFACTURING  Co. : 
Dear  Sirs  : — Your  favor  of  the 
14tli  inst.  is  at  hand,  and  we  here- 
by state  that  we  have  bought  two 
second-hand  presses  from  you  for 
bag  work  which  we  found  entire- 
ly as  you  represented,  and  so  well 
overhauled  that  our  expectations 
were  fully  realized. 
We  remain,  yours   respectfully, 
LIPMAN  &  Co. 


(a).  It  is  an  advantage  here  to  prefix  in 
by  the  In-hook  (adapted  to  the  position 
of  the  word  smoke).  The  the  and  ing  are 
omitted  as  impediments  to  the  phrase- 
writing. 

(6).  In  advantageously  adds  re  (of  re- 
porting)  by  the  Ar-hook  :  and  the  ing- 
dot  may  well  be  omitted  so  that  we 
may  join  the  dependent  that  we.  Here 
it  is  w.-il  to  break  up  and  write  corrrct- 
ed  in  its  position,  and  joining  its  ob- 
ject, this  omission. 

(c).  That  we  may  join  cars  to  the,  we 
need  here  to  write  Petoid  for  (lie  arti- 
cle. So  also  in  the  phrase  for  the  cars 
below. 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


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MIDDLETOWN,  CONS., 

April  15tli,  1886. 

CAMPBELL  PRINTING  PRESS  AND 
MANUFACTURING  Co." 
Gentlemen  : — The  second-hand 
Hoe  three-revolution  press  winch 
we  puichased  of  you  last  fall6  has 
given  us  excellent  satisfaction, 
and  we  can  sec  no  difference  be- 
tween its  work  and  that  of  a  new 
press  of  the  same  kind  and  make. 
Yon  will  please  accept  our  thanks 
for  the  uniform  courtesy  extended 
to  us  by  yourself  and  your  em- 
ployes. 

We  are,  yours  truly, 

THE  MIDDLE-TOWN  PUB.  Co. , 

F.  Afford,  Treasurer. 


LOUISVILLE,  KY., 

April  2d,  1886. 

CAMPBELL   PRINTING    PRESS  MANU- 
FACTURING Co. : 

Dear  Sirs  : — It  is  now  about  two 
years  since  we  bought  a  large 
second-hand  two-revolution  Hoe 
press  from  your  firm.  We  bought 
it  without  set-ing  it,  entirely  upon 
your  statements  and  recommend- 
ations. It  is  proper  to  say  that 
when  we  received  it.  it  had  been 
thoroughly  overhauled,  and  has 
piven  us  entire  satisfaction.  We 
have  been  using  it  steadily  during 
the. two  years,  and  it  docs  its  work 
almost  as  well  as  a  new  machine. 


(a).  That  is,  Kay  for  Campbell,  Pee 
for  Printing,  Pee  for  Press,  ami  sup- 
plied, Em-Kay  for  Manufacturing  Co. 

(b).  Las'  written  downward,  to  join 
easily  to  Fel,/o//. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


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FORT  SCOTT,  KANS., 

April  17th,  1886. 
CAMPBELL     PRINTING     PRESS     AND 

MANUFACTURING  Co. : 

Dear  Sirs  : — The  second-hand 
press — a  Cottrell  &  Babcuck  cy- 
linder, GO  inch  bed" — we  bought  of 
you  under  the  representations 
made  to  us,  that  while  it  was  sec- 
ond-hand it  was  in  all  respects  as 
good  as  new.  AVe  so  found  it, 
and  have  run  the  press  over  a 
year,  printing  our  mammoth 
weekly,  and  four  pages  of  our 
eight-column  daily  at  the  same 
impression,  and  we  are  more  than 
satisfied  with  our  bargain. 

Yours  respectfully, 

JOHN  H.6  RICE  &  SONS. 


FRANKLIN,'  N.  Y. , 

April  loth,"  1886. 
CAMPBELL     PRINTING     PRESS     AND 

MANUFACTURING  Co.: 

I  take  pleasure  in  stating  that 
the  Potter  power  press  purchased 
of  the  Campbell  Press  Co.,  and 
which  was  thoroughly  overhauled 
and  repaired  by  that  firm,d  as 
agreed  upon,  has  done  excellent 
service, -- 

(a).  Here  the  figure  "6"  is  written 
up,  so  that  -ty  may  be  added  by  length- 
ening (see  Haud-Book,  §  274,  6)  ;  to 
which  add  the  word  inch,  and  then 
led. 

(6).  A  good  instance  of  writing  a 
name-initial  by  the  tick  A — by  Chetoid 
here. 

(c).  The  first  figure  of  a  date  may 
generally  be  joined  with  a  little  saving 
to  the  name  of  the  mouth  ;  as  Jay-Eu- 
15;  Ef-Bee-Thred, Feb. 3rd:  Prel-"first;" 
Jenst,  June  1st :  En-Vee-Skend  (or  -2), 
A'o».  2nd. 

(d).  The  preposition  by  (in  writing  as 
in  speech)  is  naturally  joined  to  its  ob- 
ject, that  firm. 


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AMAM'KXSTS    PRACTICE. 


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(a).  Dheedher  \viH  have  tin-  first 
length  rest  in  the  position  1— bi^li 
enough  so  that  the  second  length  will 
iv<t  »n  the  line  of  writing,  thns  more 
clearly  distinguishing  Dheedher1  (that 
tltr)  from  Dlieudlu  r-  (them  tfir,  then  thr, 
the  olhrr}. 

(6).   We  want — what  ?  to  say   (depend- 


ant nftor  running  it  nearly  three 
years.Iam  satisfied  that  their*  paar 
antee  has  been  more  than  fulfilled  : 
and  did  1  wish  to  purchase  a  gee- 
ond-hand  pres.s  to-day,  would  pre- 
fer dealing  with  the  Campbell 
Press  Co.  to  any  firm  I  know  of, 
feeling  satisfied  that  I  should  be 
fairly  dealt  with  and  get  the  worth 
of  my  money. 

JOSEPH  KVELAXD. 


CAMPBELL  FRIXTIXG  PRESS  Co., 

Chicago. 

We  want  tusay  toyou  that  the4  Pot- 
ter power  press,6  second-hand  (two 
years  in  tise),  which  we  purchased 
of  you  last  May,  fills  the  bill. 
Your  guarantee  of  1,200  an  hour 
is  more  than  surpassed.  We  have 
never  run  less  than"1 1,500  an  hour 
and  at  full  speed  have  run  the 
Potter  you  furnished  lib*  2,800  an 
hour  for  three  consecutive  hours. 
We  will  say  that  no  printing  pres-s 
company,  in  our  opinion,  will 
deal  more  honorably  with  the 
public  than  the  Campbell  com- 
pany. 

Yours  ivspetfully, 

W/T.    WlI.KIXSOX.fl 


cut  infinitive,  to  being  supplied)  to  you 
(a  dependent  dative,  to  being  supplied) 
that  the  (a  conjunctive  object  of  say). 

N"t  simply  7>ress,,but  power-press, 
anil  even  more — /V/>/-  ]n>ifn--f>ress. 

i'/'.  7>ss  is  better  written  downward, 
to  join  than  easily. 

(e\.  Yuli-  ()/•>«)  is  easily  joined  to  the 
verb  Fren  I  f<tniish?d],  to  which  add  us 
liv  the  cirri.-. 

(/).  Here  for  eoinpaetiii  ss  and  ease 
of  junction,  t'.e  initial  II"  is  written  by 
I'.ri.'t  Way. 

(g).  Here  the  circle  is  known  to  be 
Ens-circle,  because  the  simple  circle 
(Iss)  would  Le  on  the  other  side  of  the 
Kay. 


GENHRAIi    COIIRESPONDENCE. 


95 


c 


BALTIMORE,  June  30,  1887. 


E.  W.  HENDERSON,  Esq. : 


Dear  Sir  : — In  reply  to  your  fa- 
vor of  the  10th  inst.,  we  would 
say  that  we  are  satisfied  that  the 
snapping  noise  in  your  boiler  is 
caused  by  the  imperfect  way  in 
which  it  is  connected  with  the 
range,  and  that  the  size  of  the 
boiler  has  very  little  to  do  with 
it.  If  you  will  be  kind  enough 
to  send  us  a  sketch  of  your  boiler 
ind  range  with  the  connections  ; 
drawn  from  one  to  the  other,  sho w- 
ing  the  elevations  of  the  pipes  : 
and  sizes,  we  can  then  tell  you 
just  what  the  trouble  is,  and  sug- 
est  a  remedy.  We  would  be  very 
lad  to  sell  you  a  larger  boiler, 
but  under  the  circumstances  we 
think  the  trouble  is  somewhere 
Ise  than  in  the  size  of  it.  All 
we  want  is  a  plain  rough  sketch 
in  pencil,  with  the  information  as 
above  asked  for. 

Yours  respectfully, 

LIVERMOHE  &  HARDWICK. 


U 


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AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


I ) 


BOSTON.  .July  10th. 
LEWIS  VANDERVEE*,  Esq., 


Dear  Sir  : — Regarding  steam 
seating  apparatus  for  Mr.  King's 
residence,  there  is  little  doubt  but 
all  the  main  rooms  provided  with 
radiating  surface  will  be  warmed 
satisfactorily  with  our  principles 
of  arrangement,  but  to  guarantee 
to  warm  them  (except  the  saloon 
and  billiard-room)  we  shall  in- 
crease the  size  of  the  hot  air  flues, 
and  provide  fourteen  additional 
radiator  sections.  We  will  then 
guarantee  to  warm  the  rooms  to 
a  temperature  of  65°,  and  main 
tails  to  70°  in  zero  weather.  We 
also  propose  to  provide  a  suitable 
steam  coil  for  plate  warmer  in  the 
butler's  pantry,  warming  the 
maid's  room  in  the  third  story  by 
direct  in  lieu  of  indirect  radiator; 
and  provide  galvanized  iron  screen 
at  outside  openings  for  fresh  air. 


GENERAL,    CORRESPONDENCE. 


97 


\  1 


This  will  make  our  price  $180.00 
more  than  stated  in  our  proposi- 
tion of  the  16th  ult.,  and  the 
total,  $3,230. 

Yours  respectfully, 

MARTIN  &  TONCONOGY. 


NEW  YORK,  July  2nd,  1887. 

Capt.  W.  F.  STORMS, 

Military  Academy, 

West  Point,  N.  Y. 


Dear  Sir  : — I  can  make  for  you 
a  box,  quadrangular  in  shape,  the 
side  six  inches,  and  to  hold  hot 
coals,  with  a  handle  on  one  side, 
or  to  be  attached  to  something  for 
the  purpose  of  drawing  it  about 
the  floor.  The  cost  of  this  article 
complete  would  not  exceed  $50. 
About  one-fourth  of  the  expense 
would  be  in  a  pattern  to  make  the 
casting  from.  It  occurs  to  me 
that  a  plate  about  the  same  size, 


98 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


on  one  side,  with  a  handle  for 
moving  it,  might  be  used  by  tying 
it  on  the  range  as  you  suggest. 
To  made  the  operation  certain. 
make  a  pan  of  lighter  material, 
using  sheet  iron  to  contain  the  hot 
coals,  with  a  cover  to  prevent  the 
ashes  from  flying  about  the  room, 
and  place  this  upon  the  plate — the 
plate  having  no  side  and  not  be- 
ing a  box,  then  it  could  be  used 
either  way — with  coals  or  by  heat- 
ing the  range  before  placing  on 
the  floor.  The  cost  of  this  when 
complete,  would  be  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  $30.  I  would  be 
pleased  to  make  either  kind  de- 
scribed as  soon  as  possible  after 
receiving  the  order.  I  think  that 
in  grinding  the  surface  to  come  in 
contact  with  the  floor,  it  would 
be  well  to  take  off  the  sharp  edges, 
making  it  a  little  more  like  a 
shoe,  so  that  the  edges  woiild  not 
really  come  in  contact  with  the 
floor.  The  first  described 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


99 


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article — a  box  for  coal,  18x24  on 
the  face,  would  weigh  about  125 
pounds  ;  if  the  bottom  is  one  inch 
thick,  possibly  150  pounds.  The 
bottom  without  the  jside  will 
weigh  110  pounds.  A  few  pounds 
one  way  or  the  otheva  will  not 
make  much  difference  in  the  price. 
Hoping  to  receive  your  order, 
which  will  have  prompt  attention, 
I  am,  yours  truly, 

STORMONT A.  BATCHELER.J 


NEW  YORK,  16th  Dec.,  1887. 

Me.-s.  SNIFFEN,  BROWN  &  Co. , 
56  Hall  Street, 

London,  E.  C.c 

Dear  Sirs : — We  beg  to  hand 
you  herewith  the  bill  at  60  days 
sight,  for  £566-3-10  drawn  by 
Mess.  T.  C.  Junes  &  Co.  on  Mr. 
Wm.  S.  Lester.  Will  you  do  us 
the  favor  of  having  it  accepted, 
and  place  proceeds  when  paid  to 
our  credit  with  your  good  selves. 
We  remain, 

Your  obedient  servants, d 
Z.  BROMLEY,  SON  &  Co. 

(a).  The  or  the  omitted  as  an  impedi- 
ment to  the  phrase- writing. 

(6).  The  proper  name Batcheler  should 
not  be  written  by  the  sign  of  the  com- 
mon noun  bachelor.  An  initial  A  is 
well  represented  by  the  a-w-d-tick  in 
names  that  are  familiar. 

(c).  To  indicate  the  initials  E.  C.,  in- 
stead of  East  Centre,  write  phonograph- 
ically  E.  Gee. 

(d).  Omit  your  here  as  an  impedi- 
iieut  to  a  desirable  phrase. 


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NEW  YOBK,  Aug.  2d,  1887. 
Pi.  R.  HARPER,  KM].,  Agent, 

Winterset,  Iowa. 

Dear  Sir  : — On  your  way-bill 
No.  319,  July  22.1,  you  have  en- 
tered 3  pkgs.  for  Jorain  &  Co., 
New  York.  Only  two  of  the  pkgs. 
have  been  received  here.  Your 
way-bill  was  marked  "short  one 
pkg."  by  the  messenger  receiving 
at  the  transfer  at  Cincinnati. 
Please  give  name  of  consignor  and 
contents" and  value4  of  the  missing 
package.  The  two  packages  re- 
ceived contained  books,  and  were 
valued  at  $10.00  each. 

Yours,  etc. 

H.  B.  COOK,  Agent. 

NEW  YORK,  Nov.  23,  1887. 
Mess.  BRAUNSCHWEIG,  LEVY  &  Co. 
Dear  Sirs: — We  send  you,  by 
same  mail,  a  copy  of  tho  book  en- 
titled''How  to  Know  New  York," 
which  we  now  own,  and  will  here- 
after publish  ourselves. 


(a).  And  contents. — This  phrase  may 
be  written  Ketoid-Tents1  (the  accented 
con  being  omitted), — or,  as  in  the  en- 
graving— that  is,  with  anti-tick  on  the 
line,  and  -with  Tents  under,  to  imply 
con.  Either  way  is  quite  legible  when 
familiarized. 

(6).  And  before  Fel,  Vel,  Thel,  Dhel, 
and  some  other  letters,  is  best  written 
by  Tetoid.  In  such  cases  Tetoid  for 
or  must  be  disjoined.  It  is,  of  course, 
more  natural  to  "and  "(or  add)  and, 
and  to  disjoin  or=other. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


101 


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156.. 


s 


About  January  1st,  we  will  is- 
sue an  edition  of  twenty-five  tliou- 
sand  copies,  which  we  will  dis- 
tribute to  our  guests  by  mail  when 
required,  to  hotels,  and  6, 000  will 
be  distributed  by  the  New  York 
Central  &  Hud.-on  River  Railroad 
to  incoming  travelers. 

The  N.  Y.  C.  &  H.  R.  R.  R  has 
already  contracted  for  several  ad- 
vertising pages.  If  you  think  it 
would  pay  you  to  put  your  adver- 
tisements directly  into  the  hands 
of  25,000  travelers,  let  us  hear 
from  you  soon. 

We  have  already  distributed 
50,000  of  these  books,  and  though 
we  have  always  been  large  adver- 
tisers, we  can  honestly  say  that 
they  have  brought  us  more  busi- 
ness than  any  other  medium  we 
have  ever  tried.  The  books  are 
kept  and  read. 

This  hotel,  as  you  know,  has 
what  is  called  transient  trade. 
During  the  past  twelve  months 
we  entertained  from  156  to  196 
guests  per  day,  and  they  all  came 
to  the  city  with  money  to  spend. 


102 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


We  guarantee  the  number  and 
distribution.  Rates  for  25,000 
edition  ; — one  page,  $50.00  ;  half 
page,  $25.00. 

Very  truly  yours, 

KALBFLEISCII  «fc  BAMBERCJER. 


MR.  BATTUES  : 

Dear  Sir  : — After  the  conversa- 
tion with  you  on  Friday  morning, 
in  regard  to  teas,  Mr.  — 
remembered  we  had  in  stock  a 
very  choice  Formosa  Oolong  tea, 
and  a  much  finer  quality  than  is 
usually  sent  for  hotel  use,  but  as 
as  you  spoke  of  wanting  some- 
thing of  this  kind,  I  have  taken 
the  liberty  of  adding  one  case  to 
your  order.  This  will  cost  you 
75c  per  pound,  but  if  you  should 
not  wish  to  retain  it,  please  return 
the  package  at  our  expense.  We 
think,  however,  it  will  please  you. 

We  have  a  little  more  of  it  in 
stock,  should  you  desire  to  have 
it. 

Yours  respectfully, 

ANDREW  DANIELS 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 
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103 

CORNING,  IOWA,  May  1,  1887. 


CHAS.  BALLOU,  Esq., 

Constantinople,  Turkey, 

Europe. 

Di-ar  Sir:— Yours  of  the  18th  ult. 
is  just  at  hand,  enclosing  draft  for 
$4,000  to  be  invested  in  loans  at 
6  per  cent,  per  annum.  We  will 
endeavor  to  get  them  completed 
and  forward  them  to  you  at  the 
earliest  possible  moment. 

We  shall  be  glad  to  arrange  to 
furnish  you  reference  through  the 
Imperial  Ottoman  Bank,  of  your 
city,  if  we  can  do  so.  We  think 
that  bank  is  the  correspondent  in 
your  placi-.  of  Messrs.  Knauth, 
Nachod  &  Kiihne,  of  New  York 
city,  foreign  bankers,  who  have 
correspondents  in  all  parts  of  the 
East,  and  through  whom  we  have 
for  years  drawn  foreign  exchange. 
It  will  require  a  little  time  to  ar- 
range these  references,  but  we  can 
probably  get  the  matter  adjusted 
without  any  great  delay. 

We  note  your  request  to  have 
published  for  your  use  and  at  your 
expense,  1,000  pamphlets  in  Eng- 
lish   


104 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


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and  5,000  in  French,  advertising 
our  loans  and  recognizing  you  as 
our  only  agent  for  Turkey,  etc., 
all  of  which  will  have  our  atten- 
tion. 

Yours  very  truly, 

LEWIS  SPEXCEK  &  Co. 


Messrs.  JONES  &  Co. , 

Beaver  Street,  City. 

Gentlemen  : 

La  Bretagne,  July  11,  1887. 

As  included  in  this  entry  were 
fifty  cases  of  Paris  peas,  fiom  J. 
Dumngnou,  we  think  the  greater 
part  of  the  increase  results  from 
liquidation  not  accepting  tins  and 
charges  as  invoiced  Recently  the 
General  Appraiser  decided  to  aver- 
age the  tins  and  charges  on  Paris 
peas,  free  on  board  at  Havre,  at 
francs  22  per  case  of  100/2.  The 
invoice  calls  for  francs  -  -  - 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


105 


24.25  less?  percent.,  and  we  think 
probably  the  examiner's  return  on 
the  tins  and  charges  has  been  at 
22  francs  less  7  per  cent. ,  instead 
of  22  francs  net,  as  it  should  have 
been.  Please  look  into  this,  and, 
if  our  theory  is  correct,  have  the 
increase  righted  before  paying  it. 
Very  truly  yours, 

A.  A.  DuRViLLE.0 


NEW  YORK  MACHINE  SHOPS  OP  THE 
CAMPBELL  PKI.NTING  PRESS  AND 
MANUFACTURING  Co. 

January,  1888. 

Gentlemen  : — For  the  past  few 
months  we  have  been  engaged  in 
fitting  up6  a  machine  shop  in  this 
city  for  the  bettt  r  accommodation 
of  our  many  patrons,  and  we  are 
now  prepared  to  do  any  kind  of 
printing-press  repair  work  on  the 
shortest0  notice. 

Our  plant  is  entirely  new,  and 
of  the  hstest  improved  machinery, 
and  our  machinists  experienced 
men  familiar  with  every  descrip- 
tion of  press. 

Adam's  presses  a  specialty. 

(a).  See  Haud-Book,  page  206,  §24 
Graham's  "Extended  Alphabet,"  No. 
24,  a  vowel  like  6  pronounced  through 
the  lips  iu  the  position  for  oo  (as  in 
boon).  To  indicate  that  the  vowel  is  to 
be  read  between  the  consonants,  write 
it  in  outline,  say  in  an  ellipse.  Observe 
how  the  two  initial  A's  are  written 
by  Ketoid-Tetoid. 

(6).  Omit  the  ing  as  preventing  a  de- 
sirable phrase. 

(c).  Omit  the  t  of  est  so  that  you  may 
join  notice. 


106 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


>0  A 


1 


To  parties  contracting  with  us 
by  the  year  for  all  their  work,  we 
will  give  a  liberal  discount  on 
monthly  bills. 

Respectfully, 
CAMPBELL  PRINTING  PRESS  «fc  MFG. Co" 

Office  and  shops  : 

Ab.  160  William  street. 

Telephone,  ''Nassau  137." 


NEW  YORK,  Jan.  10,  1888. 
Mr.  JOSEPH  F.  — 

Reims,  France. 

Dear  Sir  : — Confirming  ours  of 
the  15th  ult.,  we  acknowledge  re- 
ceipt of  your  letter  dated  Decem- 
ber 5th,  with  enclosures:  Under 
cover  dated  December  7th,  certi- 
fied invoice  and  duplicate  account 
charges  order  No.  30;  undercover 
dated  December  12th,  bill  of  lad- 
ing for  orders  29  and  30 ;  under 
cover  dated  December  14th,  du- 
plicate bill  of  lading  for  the  same; 
cable  message  ------ 


(a).  As  this  name  will  soon  be  famil- 
iar to  the  reporter,  he  may  safely  con- 
tract it  still  more  than  on  the  preced- 
ing pages,  reducing  the  name  to  the 
initials  of  the  principal  names  ;  as,  to 
K(=C).  P.  P.  M.  K.,  writing  them  in  a 
plrase,  K:P-P-M-K.  The  intersection 
aids  the  reading. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


107 


.        -y"*  6/ 

\  ' '  <s." 


^7 


J-^  r.^  ^. 


-  r- 


L 


s/ 


Messrs. evade  an  exact  re- 
ply to  our  requests  relating  to 
completing  thta  200  cases,  and  in- 
troduce unnecessary  issues  about 
breakage.  To  end  the  discussion, 
we  will  not  press  for  refund  of  ex- 
cess 1  per  cent,  on  last  shipment, 
but  hereafter  prefer  that  on  less 
than  200  cases  they  be  allowed 
only  the  regular  discount  of  4 
per  cent. 

Very  truly  yours. 


HAKTFORD.  CONN., 

Jan.  10,  1887. 

BENJAMIN  RAWSON,  Esq. 

Dear  Sir:  —  We  duly  received 
your  favor  of  4th  hist.,  and  in  re- 
ply beg  to  tbauk  you  for  your  of- 
fer to  furnish  us  with  butter;  but, 
as  we  have  already  arrangements 
existing  for  all  the  supplies  we 
need,  we  are  unable  to  avail  our- 
selves6 of  your  services  at  present, 
and  will  therefore*  not  trouble  you 
to  send  on  thed  sample  package  - 


(a).  A  beautiful  instance  of  combin- 
ing devices  :  Rel2,  rel[at]:ing  complet*:- 
ing  implied  by  writing  the  tick  in  its 
place. 

(6).  Our  added  to  avail  by  enlarging 
the  hook,  and  selves  added  by  Sea. 

(c).  Ket.oid-Lay,  and  will,  lengthen- 
ing to  add  thr,  to  which  add  fore  by  an 
Ef-hook. 

(d).  On  belongs  with  send,  and  the 
belongs  with  samples. 


108 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


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r 


rou  kindly  propose  to  forward. 
Very  truly  yours. 

JAMES  JOHNSON 


NEW  YORK,  Jan.  3,  1888. 


Mr. 


Dear  Sir  : 

Your  favor  replying  to  our  ad- 
vertisement received.  We  desire 
to  employ  a  few  more  energetic, 
reliable  and  business-like  persons 
to  represent  the  North  American 
Review  in  obtaining  subscribers  for 
the  sarae.c 

As  you  are  undoubtedly  aware,  the 
North  American  Review  is  justly  con- 
sidered, in  many  respects,  the 
leading  monthly  publi-hed,  and 
we  have  decided  to  swell  the  sub- 
scription list  to  an  indefinitely 
large  number.  In  order  to  assist 
in  rapidly  accomplishing  the 
same,  each  new  subscriber  is  pre- 
sented with  a  handsonfe  volume 
(value  $4)  of  "Lincoln's  Remin- 
iscences," -------- 


(a).  As  the  simple  circle  between  Jay 
and  En,  its  being  turned  the  other  way 
shows  that  it  is  the  Ens-circle. 

(6).  In  many  cases,  the  amanuensis 
must  supply  names,  dates,  numbers, 
names  of  articles  in  an  invoice,  prices, 
footings,  and  many  other  tilings,  and, 
in  due  time,  becomes  the  chief  assist- 
ant of  the  head  of  the  house. 

(c).  Petoid  for  the  here  best  serves  in 
making  a  written  phrase. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


109 


-  -  -  -  -  "Reminiscences" 
being  a  valuable  historical  record, 
no  well-equipped  library  can  be 
complete  without  it.  That  out- 
most generous  offer  has  proven 
successful,  is  abundantly  shown  by 
the  reports  from  our  agents,  their 
commissions  ranging  from  ten  to 
thirty-five  ($10  to  $35)  dollars  per 
week. 

The  subscription  price  to  the 
Review  is  five  ($5)  dollars  per  year 
(including  Lincoln's  Reminis- 
censes),  and  the  agent  receives  20 
per  cent.,  or  one  ($1)  for  each  sub- 
scriber obtained,  the  agent  simply 
sending  us  the  subscribers'  names 
(written  by  subscribers  on  our  reg- 
ular blanks).  So  you  can  easily 
see  that  an  energetic  man  or  wo- 
man can  secure,"  at  the  least,6  one 
subscriber  each  hour  he  or  she 
works.  We  furnish  all  necessary 
circulars,6  blanks,  cards  of  intro- 
duction, etc., free  of  charge,  while, 
if  your  references  are  satisfactory, 
we  will  supply  you  « ith  a  copy  of 
the  book,  "  Reminiscences  of  - 


(a).  Omit  the  n  of  can  here,  so  that  it 
may  be  joined  to  Sker,  secure. 

(b).  Here  the<A«may  be  safely  omit- 
ted  so  that  it  may  be  written  by  the 
brief  sign  Telsts,  at  (the)  least. 

(c).  Necessary  circulars.  —The  large  cir- 
cle may  be  considered  a  triple-size,  arid 
the  form  as  Enses  (jj«ce,«)-Iss-Ray-Kler 
(circulars).  Or  the  large  circle  may  be  : 
considered  Ses,  one  of  the  circles  being 
omitted,  as  if  nes'  serkularz. 


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AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


Abraham  Lincoln,"  as  well  as  a 
copy  of  the  Review,  to  be  used  in 
obtaining  subscribers,  and  to  be 
:onsidered  as  our  property"  until 
returned  or  paid  for. 

If,  after  reading  this  letter  and 
ihe  enclosed  circulars,6  you  con- 
clude to  give  the  business  a  trial, 
let  us  hear  further  from  you  at 
once,  and  oblige. 

Yours  respectfully. 


•of 


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YOUNGSTOWN,  March  11,  1887. 


Dear  Sir  :  —  On  February  21st 
our  engine  No.  70  in  passing  the 
place  where  your  tram-road  swings 
icross  our  track  damaged  its  pilot 
and  front  end  to  the  extent  of  $45, 
owing  to  the  fact  that  the  tram 
was  not  swung  clear.  Please  say 
whether  we  shall  make  bill  against 
your  company6  for  this  damage. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Div.  Supt. 


(a).  As  ovr  property. — As  adapted  to 
Ar3  (our,  which  deteriuiues  the  posi- 
tion)-Per-Pee  (prop.) 

(b).  Enclosed]  circulars. 

(c).  Here  omit  (as  au  impediment  to 
a  phrase)  the  n(or  ns)  of  agai's=against. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


Ill 


^_. 


YOUNGSTOWN,  0.,  Mar.  8,  1887. 
Dear  Sir  :  —  Yours  of  February 
26th  in  regard  to  emergency  ser- 
vice charged  by  one  of  your  lines 
to  another*  in  case  of  using  the 
track  for  trains  of  one  over  the 
other,  has  been  received,  and  I  am 
perfectly  willing  to  make  the  ar- 
rangement with  youb  that  each 
of  us0  shall  charge  to  the  other 
these  rates  for  such  service  at  any 
time  that  one  may  need  the  use 
of  track  of  the  other,  and  I  shall 
make  bill  in  accordance  therewith 
for  the  train  run  for  you  a  short 
time  since. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Div.  Supt. 


YOUNGSTOWN,  O.,  March  8,  1887. 

Dear  Sir  :u — In  regard  to  track  at 

referred  to  in  your  letter 

of  March  2nd  ;  Mr.  —  -  informs 
me  that  during  my  absence  in 

he   fully  acquainted   you 

through  Mr.  -  -  with  all  the 
facts  in  the  case,  giving  tracing 
showing  condition  of  affairs  and 
also 


(a).  Tee  being  lengthened  adds  thr  = 
other  in  this  case-,  an  being  supplied. 
Thus  we  get  a  niie  phrase-sign  fcr  to 
another,  instead  of  the  cs  Petoid'-  End- 
her-. 

(b).  To  make  what?  To  make  [an]  ar- 
rangement-with-you. 

(c).  Chayi   (eacA)-Ef-hook  (o/)-Iss-[ws]. 

W).  The  blanks  in  this  dictation  are 
left  by  the  employer  to  be  filled  up  by 
the  clerk.  An  example  of  many  dicta- 
tions. 


112 


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an  estimate  of  what  repairs  would 
cost.     The  frog  has  already  been 
put  in  but  no  authority  has  been 
given  us  to  go  ahead  with  the  re- 
pairs.      Our    agent    at  - 
thinks  these   repairs    should    be 
made  so  that  we  can  haul  in»  their 
material. 
Very  truly  yours, 

Div.  Supt. 


YOUNGSTOWN,  0.,  Mar.  21,  1887. 
Dear  Sir  : — Enclosed  I  send  you  a 
letter  from  Mr.  —  —  calling  at- 
tention to  condition  of  river 
bridge  at  —  — .  While  1  do  not 
know  that  there  is  any  immediate 
danger,  still  the  matter  is  one 
which  I  think  should  be  called  to 
the  attention  of  Mr.  —  -  to  de- 
termine what  is  the  proper  thing 
to  do  in  the  case — whether  to  re- 
model the  bridge  or  take  out  the 
present  one  and  put  it  in  some 
part  of  a  bridge  where  light  en- 
gines are  used  and  where  span  can 
be  made  to  fit,  and  replace  it 
with  a 


(a).  As  the  in  here  belongs  with  haul, 
it  would  be  properly  joined,  but  for 
greater  legibility  by  disjoining.  In 
uatiy  cases  some  prepositions  are  ad- 
verbs modifying  verbs  ;  as  "call-on, 
dried-tip,  haul-in,  run-over,  turn- 
around, run-in,"  etc. 


GENERAL    CORRESPONDENCE. 


113 


bridge  of     heavier   construction 
Very  truly  yours, 

Div.  Supt. 


YOUNGSTOWN,  0., 

February  21,  1887. 

Dear  Sir  :— Our  road  depart- 
ment complains  thata  in  the  cul- 
vert under  our  track  between  Wil- 
son avenue  and  Tod  street  you 
have  without  leave  or  license,1* 
filled  up  and  rendered  useless,  one 
part  of  the  double  box  culvert  and 
over  the  mouth  [of]-the-other- 
part  you  have  put  a  stout  wooden 
door  which  may  result  some  day 
in  causing  considerable  damage 
to  our  Company.  Please  inform 
me  if  any  permission  has  ever  been 
granted  to  your  Co.  to  so  obstruct 
our  water-way  ;  and  if  so,  if  any 
conditions  were  imposed  that  your 
Co  should  be  responsible  for  all 
damage  accruing?  I  am  having 
the  culvert  repaired  at  present 
and  would  like  [to]  have  a  clear 
understanding  of  the  whole  mat- 
ter. 

Very  truly  yours, 

Supt. 


(a).  Plens-Dhet  is  easier  than  Plen-Iss 
Iss  within  En-hook)-Dtiet. 

(l>).  In  leave  or  license  the  or  may  be 
omitted  and  readily  suppled. 


114 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


YOUNGSTOWN,  0., 

February  19,  1887. 
Dear  Sir  : — As  has  sometimes 
)eeu  in  the  past,  and  is  likely  to 
>e  in  the  future,  our  Company 
nay  want  to  use  your  tracks  for 
running*  its  passenger  trains  for 
a  short  time,  or  your  Co.  may 
want  to  use  ours  for  the  same 
mrpose.  I  think  it  well  that  we 
hould  agree  on  a  uniform  price 
;o  be  charged  for  such  service  so 
that  at  any  time  in  case  of  acci- 
dent, arrangements  could  be  made 
'or  you  to  use  our  road,  or  us 
;o  use  your  road  on  short 
notice  by  wiring  Train  Dispatch- 
r's  office,  and  I  would  like  to 
mow  your  views  in  the  matter  as 
;o  price  you  would  be  willing  to 
3ay  and  receive  for  such  service. 
Vly  own  idea  is  that  the  price 
should  be  so  much  per  engine  and 
so  much  for  each  car,  and  in  ad- 
iition  the  cost  of  pilot  or  pilots 
and  the  actual  cost  of  such  sup- 
plies in  the  way  of  fuel,  water,  or 
oil  as  it  may  be  necessary  to  fur- 
nish. Be  kind  enough  to  give 
me  your  views  in  the  matter,  and 
oblige 

Very  truly  yours, 

Superintendent. 


(a).  The  ing-dot  if  written  here  would 
require  a  full-length  Ken,  a  lifting,  a 
dot,  a  lifting,  and  Tees2  more  than  with 
the  form  in  the  engraving. 


MISCELLANEOUS    ARTICLES. 


115 


SOUTHERN  PROGRESS. 


(a).  Within  what?  "  Witluu-the-last- 
decade.  '  Tlie  preposition  (within,  in 
this  casp)  naturally  calls  for  the  ob- 
ject— --tho  last  decade,"  in  this  case. 
The  vocalization  of  decade  is  hardly 
necessary,  as  the  mere  utterance  of  the 
syllable-names,  ])ee-Ked,  is  almost  the 
utterance  of  the  word,  decade. 


Some  interesting  statistics  of 
the  progress  of  the  South  within- 
the-last-decadea  have-been-given 
by-ourc  enterprising  contempora- 
ry, the  Chattanooga  Tradesimm. 
The  item  of  population  is-an  in- 
teresting one,  showing-thed  per- 
centages of  increase  among-the 
white-and- colored- people*.  The 
white-population  is-given  at  11,- 
361,996  aud-the  colored  at  6,194,- 
924.  Thus,  little-over/64  per  cent, 
of  the  population  is  white.  The 
relative-populations'  of  white-and- 
colored-people  is  more-favorable 
to-the^  former  than  ten  years-ago. 
Politically  and-sociallyi  considered 
this-is  an-improvement.  This-is 
for- the  whole  South.  State-anal- 
ysisj  is-not-given.  While-the  gen- 
eral-population of  this-section 
of  the  country*1  has-increased  20- 
per-cent.,  the  assessed  wealth 


(6).  Have  been  given  —  Veu2-Gay  ;  — 
which  is  writing  together  the  parts  of 
a  compound  verb  as  naturally  as  you 
speak  them  together.  Vens  is  a  beau- 
tiful word-sign  introduced  by  the 
Haud-Book. 

(c).  By  our — Beei,  by  plus  -4r-hook 
(for  our.) 

(d).  Showing-tlie— illustrating  our  im- 
provement, the  writing  the  tte-tick  in 
the  place  of  the  ing-dot,  which  is  thus 
implied. 

(e).  White  and  colored  people. — This  is 
an  interesting  illustration  of  our  im- 
provements— the  Brief-Way  joined  at 
the  beginning  ;  enlarging  El-hook  (as 
of  Kel)  to  add  r,  as  of  or  in  colored  ;  and 
writing  the  present  tense  (as  of  color) 
for  the  past  tense  or  participle  (as  col- 
ored). The  Old — the  Pitnianic — mode 


116 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


oi'  writing  this  phrase  was  wi-Tee 
white),  dot  (and),  Kay-Lajr-Red  (colored), 
Pel'2  (people)  ;  that  is,  eight  strokes  and 
three  littings  for  four  words  ;  which 
the  Standard  Phonograp her  writes  with 
five  strokes  :  Weh-Tee-Ketoid-Kler-Pel. 
See  Low  repeatedly  the  convenient 


has  increased  nearly'  78  per-cent. 
or  to-an  aggregate  of  $3,844,000,- 
000  State  and-county  debts  have 
materially-decreased,  though  mu- 
nicipal-debts have  considerably-in- 
creased. The  total  public  indebt- 
edness is  very -much  less  per  cap- 
ita than  -  what-it  -  was™  in  1880. 
The  banking-capital  of  the  South 
has-kept  slightly  in-advance  of 
the  increase  in- wealth.  The  cap- 
ital invested  in  manufactures"  has- 
increased  207  per-cent.  within  the 
period"  of  teu  years,  now  repre- 
sented at  $552,000,000.  The 
number  of  cotton-s pindles  is- 
statedP  at  1,811,791,  which-is 
somewhat  -  more  -  than  -  has-  been- 
generally?  allowed  in-estimatcs. 


Weh-Tee  occurs  in  this  article,  and 
how  much  better  it  is  in  every  way 
thau  the  Old-style  wi-Tee. 

(/).  Little-over,  in  which  Leti  (little.) 
instead  of  the  Old-style  Lot'-Lay — is 
naturally  joined  to  the  word  (over) 
which  it  modifies. 

(g).  Relative  population, — This  phrase 
is  beautifully  written  by  the  Standard- 
Phonographic  Kel2,  which  is  easily  and 
naturally  joined  to  the  noun  modified 
(population'),  which  is  safely  contracted 
to  pop, — This  writing  is  not  only 
quicker  but  more  legible  thau  the  Old- 
stylo  Ray-Lay-Tee-Vee  J'ee-I'ee-Lay- 
shon. 

(//).  7'o  Me.— This  illustrates  beauti- 
fully our  improvement,  the  implying 
to  by  writing  the  following  word  iu  the 
"  fourth  position  "  ;  as  tte-tick  (Petoid 
in  this  case,  for  distinction's  sake),  in 
the  fourth  position,  for  "to  the"; 
Tetoid)  (the  "  a-u  "  tick)  for  "  to  a-n  "  ; 
Ted,  to  it  ;  Cuay4,  to  which. 

(i).  And  socially. — With  our  improved 


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n 


"  C_^ 


torm  Iss-Shel  (instead  of  the  Old  Iss- 
Shay-Lay)  for  social-ly  it  is  easy  to  join 
the  and-tick. 

(j).  State  analysis. — Nelses  for  analy- 
sis is  a  great  improvement  on  the  Old- 
style  En-Elses. 

(k).  General  population  of  this  section 
of  the  country.  —  This  is  interesting 


BESSEMER' S  PROCESS  IN 
COPPER. 

The  recent  interesting  announce- 
ment of  an  English  method  of 
manufacturing  copper  articles  di- 
rect from  rough  copper  bars,  sug- 
gests results  for  that  metal  equal, 
perhaps,  in  importance  to  what 
Bessemer 's  process  has  accom- 
plished for  iron  and  steel,  it  being 
also  claimed  that  the  quality  by 
this  new  method  is  first-class,  and 
the  cost  much  reduced.  The  cop- 
per is  electrically  deposited  from 
the  rough  bars  upon  a  revolving 
mandrel  or  mould,  over  the  face  of 
which  a  burnisher  moves  automat- 
ically, and  so  condenses  the  copper 
particles  as  they  are  deposited  — 
the  material  being  thus  rendered 
not  only  dense,  silky, 


phrase-writing  :  1.  The  adjective  (gen. 
=geueral)  joined  to  the  modified  pop. 
^population  ;  2.  "Of"  implied  by 
nearness ;  3.  "  this "  joined  to  the 
modified  "section,"  the  circle  of 
Dhees  being  enlarged  to  add  the  s  of 
section  ;  4.  nearness  to  imply  of  (the  be- 
ing supplied)  ;  5.  Kay2  being  a  new 
word  sign  instead  of  Kent-Ray 
(country). 

(I).  Nearly. — Nerli=Neri  (near)  plus 
-ly  (added  by  our  great  improvement, 
the  enlarging  an  Ar-hook  to  add  I). 

(m).  Than  (Dhen3)  plus  what  (added 
by  shortening)  plus  it  plus  was.  Com 
pare  this  with  the  best  Old-style  writ- 
ing— Chens  Wnhi  Tee2 -Zee  =  four 
strokes  and  two  liftings. 

(n).  Why  do  we  not  here  join  in  to 
its  object,  manufactures? 

(o).  Witiiin-the-period. — That  we  may 
join  tlift  object  of  the  preposition 
(ivitliin),  the  impeding  Wi«-tick  is  omit- 
ted. 


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Q.  1.  How  do  we  come  to  use  here  (p. 
116,  next  to  last  line  of  engraving)  the 
large  initial  circle  ?  Q.  1.  Why  is  not 
is  the  height  of  a  Tee  above  the  line  ? 
Q.  3.  How  is  stated  represented,  remem- 
bering that  what  is  really  written  is 
"  is  state." 


fibrous,  and  cohesive,  but  j> 
ing  an  otherwise  unobtainable 
strength,  ductility,  and  uniform- 
ity. Among  the  advantages 
claimed  for  this  interesting  pnxvd- 
ure  is  the  important  one  that,  in 
the  manufacture  of  tubes  and  sim- 
ilar articles,  all  drawing  down  and 
brazing  are  entirely  dispensed  with : 
and  there  is  practically  no  limit  to 
the  diameter  of  seamless  pipes  and 
other  articles  that  can  be  produced, 
which  has  not  been  the  case  hereto- 
fore. The  claim  is  that  many  cop- 
per products  —  especially  large 
tubes,  vats,  cylinders,  and  the  like, 
can  thus  be  made  direct  from  the 
rough  copper  far  cheaper  than  by 
any  other  means. 


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119 


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WONDERFUL  PARISIAN 

CLOCK. 

Another  marvelous  piece  of 
mechanism,  recently  exhibited  in 
Paris,  is  described  by  an  exchange. 
It  is  an  eight-day  clock,  which 
chimes  the  quarters,  plays  sixteen 
tunes,  playing  three  tunes  every 
hour,  or  at  any  interval  required 
by  simply  touching  a  spring.  The 
hands  go  as  follows  :  One  once  a 
minute,  one  once  an  hour,  one 
once  a  week,  one  once  a  month, 
and  one  once  a  year.  It  shows 
the  moon's  age  ;  rising  and  setting 
of  the  sun,  the  time  of  high  and 
low  tide,  beside  showing  half-ebb 
and  half-flood  A  curious  device 
represents  the  water,  showing 
ships  at  high-water  tide  as  if  they 
were  in  motion  ;  and,  as  it  recedes, 
leaves  them  high  and  dry  on  the 
sands . . . 


120 


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C, 


yt~s 


The  clock  shows  the  hour  of  the 
d&y,  the  d-Ay  of  the  week,  the 
day  of  the  month,  and  the  month 
of  the  year.  The  mechanism 
is  so  arranged  as  to  make  its  own 
provision  for  long  and  short 
months.  It  also  shows  the  signs 
of  the  zodiac,  equation,  and  the 
difference  between  sun  and  rail- 
road time  for  every  day  in  the 
year. 


PAPEE  DOORS. 

Doors  made  of  paper  are  said  to 
be  an  improvement  over  those 
made  of  wood.  They  are  formed 
of  two  thick  paper  boards  stamped 
and  moulded  into  panels  and  glued 
together  with  glue  and  potash  and 
then  rolled  through  heavy  rollers. 
After  being  coated  with  a  water- 
proof coating  and  one  that  is  fire- 
proof, they  are  painted,  varnished, 
and  hung  up  in  the  usual  way. — 
Selected. 


MISCELLANEOUS    ARTICLES.  121 

A  CAVE  DEEP  IN  THE  EARTH. 

REMAINS      OF     A     PREHISTORIC     RACE 
FOUND   IN    IT. 

News  comes  from  Red  Cliff,  Col., 
of  a  wonderful  discovery  made 
there  of  a  number  of  relics  of  some 
prehistoric  race  and  an  ancient 
sepulchre  in  the  most  peculiar 
place,  which  it  would  appear  had 
never  been  visited  by  mankind  in 
any  age.  The  men  were  digging 
with  picks  and  shovels  in  virgin 
soil  when  suddenly,  as  one  of  the 
men  struck  a  blow  with  his  pick, 
it  almost  flew  from  his  hands,  and 
by  the  light  of  their  candles  they 
saw  a  small  aperture  in  the  earth 
which  was  quickly  widened  suffi- 
ciently to  admit  the  body  of  a  man. 
A  light  was  thrust  into  the  open- 
ing, and  as  far  as  its  rays  could 
reach  only  space  was  discernable, 
and  a  musty  smell  came  from  the 
place  that  had  been  closed  for  so 
long  a  time  —probably  ages. 


122 


AMAM'KNSI*    1'liACTICE. 


.  v~  >    ,  •  V  v ; 


A  step-ladder  was  procured,  ami 
a  descent  was  made  to  the  bottom 
ot  the  cave,  where  more  surprises 
awaited  the  miners,  who  were  now 
thoroughly  aroused  over  the  new 
sights,  the  like  of  which  they  had 
never  seen  before. 

Superintendent  Conners  and 
John  Songer  pressed  forward  in 
the  natural  opening,  and  they  had 
worked  but  a  sliort  time  before 
their  pick  encountered  a  hard  me- 
tallic substance  in  the  soft  soil. 
Investigation  proved  it  to  be  a 
knife,  about  twelve  inches  long,  of 
hardened  copper,  with  an  oval 
handle  and  a  small  portion  of  the 
point  broken  off. 

As  their  investigations  were 
prosecuted  farther,  the  pet  ri  tied 
bones  of  animals  and  the  remains 
of  some  prehistoric  race  w  e  r  e 
found. 


MISCELLANEOUS    ARTICLES. 


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A 


r  «,  r 


(a).  For  so»it!  tone. — In  order  to  join 
to  the  preposition  from  its  object  (some 
time=sumt')  we  turn  the  circle  on  the 
back  of  the  Ef.  To  do  this  easily,  fol- 
low closely  the  engraving  copy  ;  turn- 
ing the  circle  on  the  back  of  the  Ef 


THE    NEW    TEXTILK    SUBSTI- 
TUTE 

The  utilization  of  pine-tree 
leaves  for  the  manufacture  of  bag- 
ging, matting,  etc.,  has  become 
an  industry  of  recognized  import- 
ance, and  in  North  Carolina  ;•„ 
company  has  been  for-some-timea 
in  operation  for  thus  producing 
matting  and  bagging,  with  a  daily 
capacity  of  2000  yards,  the  material 
being  in  every  respect  equal  to 
jute,  as  well  as  cheaper.  The  pro- 
cess appears  to  be  a  simple  one. 
The  leaves  of  the  long-leaf-pine& 
are  gathered  in  a  mass,  and,-on- 
being-weighedc,  are  thrown  into  a 
large  vat,  where-they-are-boiled^ 
in  alkali  at  a  low  temperture  for 
about  twelve  hours ;  then,  after 
being  thoroughly  soaked  in  the 
same  vats,  they  are  taken  by  a 
continuous  automatic  process 
through  the  rubbing,  wringing, 
carding,  drying,  recarding,  draw- 
ing,  


when  it  gets  started  on  the  horizontal 
direction.  This  joining  is  then  as  easy 
as  writing  Kay-Smet,  or  Ketoid-Smet. 
How  you  do  a  thing  often  makes  the 
difference  between  the  difficult  and  the 
easy,  and  here  comes  in  the  great  value 
of  a  good  model,  such  as  a  good  copy 
for  the  penman. 

(6).  Long  leaf  pine. — Long-leaf  is  here 
a  compound  adjective,  which  we  natur- 
ally wish  to  join  to  its  modified  noun, 
pine. 

(c).  And  on  being  weighed. — Here  we 
naturally  desire  to  Ann  (that  is,  AND 
the  and)  to  the  preposition  on,  which 
we  naturally  wish  to  join  to  the  parti- 
cipial object,  being  weighed. 


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(<i).  Where  they  are  boiled.  — Hero  we 
have  a  beautiful  exemplification  of  the 
Standard-Phonographic  principle  of 
lengthening  a  straight  line  to  add  thr 
(thoy  are)  ;  and  to  they  are  we  properly 
join  the  rest  of  the  verb  (are  boiled). 


roving,  winding,  and  weighing 
machines,  in  the  latter  of  which 
the  substance  Incomes  an  excellent 
article  of  bagging,  and,  after  going 
through  a  calendering  apparatus  is 
ready  for  use  and  the  market. 
After  leaving  the  wringer  the  pro- 
cess of  manufacture  is  very  nearly 
identical  with  that  of  cotton  goods. 
As  a  material  for  upholstering  pur- 
poses and  for  carpet-lining  it  is 
found  well  adapted.  It  appears 
that  for  every  foot  of  pine  timber 
there  is  one  pound  of  green  leaves; 
nor  is  the  tree  at  all  injured  by 
this  treatment.  Though  capable- 
o  f-b  e  i  n  g-worked-up«  successfully 
into  the  other  fabrics  above-named, 
the  principal  use  of  the  leaves  thus 
far  lias  been  for  the  manufacture 
of  bagging. 


(e).  Capable  of  being  worked  up.— In 
such  phrases  beginning  with  capable, 
how  naturally  you  ask  capable  OF  what  ? 
And  we  may,  therefore,  readily  supply 
of,  having  joined  the  following  word, 
as  BEING  here  ;  and  when  we  say  "  cap- 
able of  being,"  how  naturally  we  ask, 
BEING  what  ?  We  say  here,  ••  being 
worked  up."  In  fine,  true  phrase-writ- 
ing should  be  as  spontaneous  as  join- 
ing the  words  or  notes  <•(  a  musical 
phrase. 

(/).  .-Is  fine  as. — Generally  the  first 
word  of  a  phrase  determines  the  posi- 
tion ;  but,  in  a  few  cases,  the  first  word 
is  adapted  to  the  position  of  a  second 
word  needing,  for  legibility's  sake,  to 
be  in  its  position.  For  instance,  fine, 
Fen,  needing  to  be  in  the  first  position, 
to  distinguish  it  from  Fen  (often),  the 
a*  before  it  is  adapted,  and  we  write 
Iss-Fen1-Iss  for  as  fine  as,  while  Iss- 


MISCELLANEOUS   AKTICLES. 


125 


Ken-'-Iss  would  be  as  often  as.  So  we 
distinguish  Iss-Let1,  as  little,  and  Iss- 
I.et-,  as  I'ltf  ,  Iss -bhetl,  as  thai  ;  Iss- 
Uheti,  <is  /.<  tl,at ;  Iss-l'etoidJ,  as  /./  ,  Iss- 
Petoid^,  as  to  the.  Although  as  chances 
in  "as  late,  as  to  that,  as  to  the,"  to 


FINE  AS  SILK. 


4,000,000  STRANDS   OF   SPIDER'S  WEB 

TO   MAKE   THREADS    AS    LARGE 

AS    A    HAIR. 


"As  fine  as  s.ilk,"  is  a  common 
phrase  to  typify  extreme  fineness 
or  delicacy  of  texture.  But  if  you 
want  a  simile  that  will  discount 
that  one,  say  "As-fine-as/ a  spider's 
web."  There  is  nothing  of  textile 
kind  so  fine  as  that.  The  strand 
spun  by  a  spider  is  as  much  smaller 
than  a  thread  of  silk  as  the  latter 
is-smaller-thany  a  telegraph  pole. 
This  seems  like  exaggeration  when 
you  casually  look  at  the  spider's 
workmanship  and  then  at  the  silk- 
worm. But  you  never  saw  a  single 
strand  in  the  spider's  thread.  The 
strands  are  so  fine  that  you  could 
not  see  them  with  the  naked  eye. 
What  you  really  see  when  you 
look  at  the  spider's  delicate  thread 
is  a  cable  composed  of  thousands 
of  strands,  and  the  way  the  little 
animal  makes  this  cable  is  one  of 
nature's  greatest  wonders. 


come  in  its  usual  position  on  tbe  line, 
nevertheless,  it  conies  tbere  because  of 
being  adapted  to  Leta,  late;  toPetoid»,  to 
Vie;  to  Dbeti,  to  t/tat.  So  if  to Teei,  to  it, 
you  udapt  as,  it  will  come  on  the  line, 
because  prefixing  to  Teei  brings  it 
there,  not  because  you  write  there  as, 
the  first  word  of  the  phrase.  Just  as 
Iss-Chay*,  as  to  which  ;  Iss-Yay*.  as  to 
your  ;  Iss-Dheei,  as  to  them.  In  writ- 
ing as  to  be.  we  adapt  as  to  "  to  be," 
Bee:t.  We  inigbt  prefix  <is  to  Beei  (or 
such  a  phrase  as  "  as  to  obey,"  "  as  to 
buv." 


12G 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


(</.)  Issl  (is)  prefixed  to  snmlli'i-  1>.\  en- 
larging the  circle,  and  than  contracted 
(as  it  often  is  in  speech)  to  'n  is  :nldi<il 
by  au  Eu-hook. 

(h).  If  you  happen  to  have. — Tliis  is  a 
beautiful  illustration  of  proper  pliraso 


If  you  look  closely  at  a  spider 
during  its  business  hours  you  will 
see  that  its  thread  comes  from  a 
circular  spot  near  the  extremity. 
In  this  spot  are  from  four  to  six 
knobs,  the  number  depending  upon 
the  kind  of  spider.  If-y <  m-happen- 
to-have/t  a  particularly  good  pair 
of  eyes,  you  can  distinguish  these 
knobs.  Each  of  the  knobs  is  full 
of  minute  holes,  so  small  that  a 
good  microscope  is  necessary  in 
order  to  see  them.  Through  these 
holes  delicate  strands  are  spun. 
About  an  eighth  of  an  inch  from 
the  holes  the  strands  are  joined 
together  and  the  result  is  the 
spider's  thread,  with  which  all-of- 
us*  are  familiar. 

And  the  little  spinner  attends  to 
business  as  closely  and  as  carefully 
as  does  the  weaver  of  the  finest 
silk  fabric.  It  has  on  each  foct 
three  claws,  one  of  which  is  a  sort 
<  >f  thumb,  while  the  others 


writing.  lf=give  ;  give  (or  if)  wkat  ? 
•'  Il'-you  "  ;  if  you  what  ?  "  If  you  bap- 
peu.  to  have."  The  Staudard-Phono- 
graphic  forms  aud  principles  enable  us 
to  write  the  phrase  beautifully — Efi- 
Yuh-Pen-Pel'toid.  As  Yuh  joins  to  hap- 
/ii'ii  without  an  angle,  it  does  not  count 
as  a  stroke  any  more,  than  the  Ar-hook 
in  1'cr.  Hence  this  sign  is  properly 
counted,  tlius:  Efi  (1),  Yuh-Pen  (2), 
Peltoid  (:i).  How  much  better  is  this 
than  the.  Old-style  "  Efi-Yuh  "  (2),  dis- 
join (3),  Pen"  (4),  disjoin  (5),  Petoids- 
Vec  (7). 

((').  All  of  us. — How  much  better  in 
every  way  than  the  Old-style  Bedoidi, 
Petoidi,  Es: — three  strokes  and  two 
liftings. 


MISCELLANEOUS    ARTICLES. 


127 


(j).    Bf/ore    Wicj/    (O-e.—  Bef-'    (before) 
plus  Bedoid  (tlic  liwivy  tick)  for  thr=- 


are  toothed  like  a  comb.  These 
claws  are  constantly  used  to  help 
the  strands  from  tangling  before- 
they-areJ  joined  in  the  thread. 
The  material  from  which  the 
thread  is  made  is  secreted  in  the 
animal's  body.  It  is  a  glutinous 
substance,  and  the  strands  dry 
while  they  are  passing  from  the 
little  apertures  to  the  point  where 
they  are  joined  together.  One 
authority  on  the  subject,  Reaumur, 
calculated  that  it  would  take  1000 
spider  strands  to  occupy  a  space 
equal  to  the  point  of  a  needle, 
while  another,  Leuwenwcck,  esti- 
mated that  it  would  take  4,000,000 
of  them  to  make  thread  as  large  as 
a  hair. 

But  while  the  spider's  work  is 
the  more  delicate,  that  of  the  silk- 
worm is  the  more  useful.  Nearly 
half  of  all  the  people  in  the  world 
live  in  China  and  India,  and  all  of 
them,  except  the  very  poorest,  wear 
silky  goods  as  commonly 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


2-    c_0 


as  we  wear  cotton.  As  it  takes  the 
labor  of  nearly  a  thousand  silk- 
worms to  make  a  pound  of  silk,  you 
can  see  what  an  enormous  industry 
results  from  this  tiny  thread  spin- 
ning. Unlike  the  spider,  whose 
spinning  works  are  at-the-lower- 
extremityfc,  the  silk-worm's  factory 
is  near  its  mouth.  The  crude 
material  is  seemingly  nuich  alike 
in  the  two  classes  of  spinners  a 
gummy  or  glutinous  pulp.  The 
spinning  appurtenances,  however, 
are  entirely  different,  the  silk- 
worm making  only  two  strands  for 
its  thread,  while  the  spider  makes 
thousands,  —lioston  Journal  of  Com- 
merce. 


(k).  At  the  lower  extremity.  This  is 
another  beautiful  illustration  of  proper 
ptirase-writiug.  Join,  to  the  preposi- 
tion at,  its  object.  Let  us  omit  (to  be 
supplied)  the  article  the;  aiid  let  us 
add  Ster-Tee  for  \ek)stre(m)ity.  Five 
strokes — Tees-Lay-Ar-Ster-Tee— forfonr 
words,  is  very  much  better  than  the 
Old-style  Tee«-Ketoid  (at  the)  ;  Lay2-Ar 
(lower)  ;  Kay-Ster-Etu-Tee  (extremity), 
nine  pen-movements. 


MISCELLANEOUS   AKTICLES. 


129 


MINERAL  ORE  DETECTOR. 

A  novel  device  for  detecting  the 
presence  and  nature  of  a  mineral 
exposed  in  rock  on  earth  is  the 
electric  mineral  detector,  as  it 
reduces  to-a-certainty'  the  ques- 
tion of  ascertaining  the  exact  min- 
eral value  of  the  rock  under  test. 
It  consists  of  a  hattery  and  spar 
coil,  with  conductors  ending  in 
two  platinum  points,  so  compactly 
arranged  that  they  can  be  carried 
on  the  back.  On  placing  the  two 
platinum  points  against  a  rock, 
the  presence  of  metal  is  indicated 
by  the  appearance  of  a  spark,  the 
flame  and  color  of  which  will  afford 
an  indication  of  the  nature  of  the 
body  which  the  electrodes  have 
touched.  Such  is  the  trustworthi- 
ness of  this  device  for  purposes  of 
testing,  that  by  placing  the  elec- 
trodes.... 


(I).  To  a  certainty. — As  in  Iss-Ret2,  cer- 
tain-ty,  the  circle  would  come  on  the 
Hue,  we  may  write  its  circle  just  be- 
low the  liue  (tbat  is,  Iss4-Bet),  to  imply 
a  preceding  to  (a  following  article  being 
supplied  if  required). 


130 


AMANUENSIS   PHACTICE. 


against  a  rock  containing  metal 
in  a  free  state  its  presence  may 
be  detected  by  merely  apply- 
ing one  electrode  and  passing  the 
other  rapidly  over  the  surface. 
The  detector  is  especially  useful 
in  determining  the  presence  or 
absence  of  metal  in  old  shafts,  or 
tunnels,  while,  when  applied  to 
the  walls  of  a  shaft  or  cut,  it  can 
be  depended  upon  for  the  recovery 
of  a  lost  lead,  unless  the  lead  is 
entirely  pinched  out.  It  is  said 
that  a  novice  can  handle  the  ap- 
paratus almost  as  successfully  as 
an  old  miner,  and  the  sorting  of 
ores  can  be  accomplished  with  cer- 
tainty, being  determined  by  the 
color  of  the  spark  produced.  This 
handy  miner ' s  companion  is 
further  valuable  in  being  a  ready 
means  of  exploding  blasts  in  con- 
nection with  electric  primers. 


MISCELLANEOUS    ARTICLES. 


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(K).  lfi/(/anl. — Here  El  appropriately 
clistiiu'iiislifs  -1  from  1-.  that  is,  L  with 
:i  vowel  lielore  from  L  with  a  vowel  fol- 
lowing. 


IRRIGATION. 


MAKING    THE   DESERTS   TO    BLOOM. 


Professor  Hilgard«,  director  of 
the  agricultural  experiment  station 
at  Berkeley,  and  esteemed  the  best 
authority  in  America  on  these 
matters,  says  the  underflow  oi 
.great  gravel  beds  existing  in  the 
southern  part  of  California  is  prov- 
ing to  be  of  increasing  importance 
as  a  source  of  irrigation  supply.  It 
is  possible  to  maintain  and  increase 
the  supply  of  water  far  beyond  its 
present  magnitude.  All  that  is 
necessary  is  to  understand  the  con- 
trolling principle  of  its  action. 
These  gravel  beds  are  natural  stor- 
age&  reservoirs.  These  may  be 
emptied  and  replenished,  with  due 
regard  to  the  rainfall  and  drainage. 
Ante-lope  valley,  in  San  Bernardino 
and  Los  Angeles  counties,  a  high 
intermounkiin  plain  or  basin 
stretching  between  theMojavedes 
ert  and  the  upper  part  of  the  great 
Colorado  desert,  has  been  consid- 
ered, until  recently,  almost  irre- 
claimable. There  are  now  upon 
it  several  great  fruit  colonies. 


(6).  Storage. — To  make  the  junction 
easy  heiv,  imitate  closely  our  writing 
— making  the  Ar  quite  slanting  and  Jay 
quite  slanting  the  other  way. 


AMANUKNSIS  PRACTICE. 


In  reply  to  inquires  for  informa- 
tion sent  out  there  by  the  Depart- 
ment, interesting  answers  have 
just  come.  They  give  the  details  of 
three  large  surface  systems  of  irri- 
gation by  water  drawn  from  moun- 
tain streams.  This  has  all  been 
done  since  April,  1889.  There  are 
fifty  miles  of  main  ditches,  five 
feet  wide  at  the  top,  and  fifty  miles 
of  smaller  ditches,  two  and  a  half 
feet  wide  at  the  top.  There  are 
three  reservoirs  with  a  capacity  of 
30,000,000  gallons.  There  are  five 
dams,  five  headways,  seven  weirs, 
and  six  mountain  tunnels.  The 
expenditures  to  date  amount  to 
$450,000.  To  this  will  be  added 
$21,000. 

The  land  now  irrigated  amounts 
to  10,000  acres,  and  will  be  in- 
creased to  25,000  acres.  Small 
grains,  cotton,  and  alfalfa  are  the 
chief  crops. 


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CARBONIC  ACID  FOR  ICE- 
MAKING. 

Dr.  Ilaydt's  method  of  using 
carbonic  acid«  for  ice-making  is 
described  as  follows  by  the  Chem- 
iker  Zritung:  The  carbonic  acid 
is  put  under  a  pressure  of  seven- 
teen atmospheres,  and  then  in  a 
double-acting  compressor,  s  u  b  - 
jected  to  about  Sfty-eight  atmos- 
pheres, whereby  its  temperature  is 
raised  to  about  30°  C.  This  heat 
is  absorbed  by  the  cooling  water  in 
the  thaw  vessel  and  condenser, 
and  by  the  intermediate  (after) 
cooler.  The  carbonic  acid  made 
fluid  by  the  pressure  and  the  cool- 
ing collects  in  an  iron  receptacle, 
whence  a  pipe  which  reaches  down 
to  the  bottom  of  this  collecting 
bottle  conducts  it  to  the  distribu- 
tion valve  where  it  is  relieved  from 
the  pressure  and  consequently  ex- 
pands from  the  fluid  state  into  gas. 
This  change  develops  intense  cold, 
which  is  used  to  reduce  the  tem- 
perature of  the  salt  water*  in  the 
refrigerator.  The  cold  carbonic 
acid  then..., 


(a).  Carbonic  Acid. — This  term  needs 
a  special  form,  Ker-Bees-Dee  ;  which 
equals  "  carb.  acid,"  the  word  acid  be- 
ing written  Iss-Dee,  so  as  to  join  with 
the  Bee. 

(6).  In  order  to  easily  join  salt  to  the 
modifled-word,  water,  make  an  angle 
by  curving  more  than  usual  both  Let 
and  Waytor.  as  in  the  stereographing. 


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AMANUEXSIS    PRACTICE. 


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leaves  the  refrigerator,  is  led  into 
the  after  cooler,  where  it  cools 
off  the  carbonic  acid  corning 
under  highc  pressure  from  the 
condenser,  and  then,  still  rather 
cold  and  under  a  less  pressure, 
returns  hy  suction  to  the  com- 
pressor, when  it  starts  on  the  same 
course.  A  special  feature  does 
away  with  the  removal  hy  hand 
of  the  stirring  rods  just  before 
freezing  sets  in  ;  this  function  is 
performed  automatically,  and  the 
rods  are  thus  not  liable  to  be 
frozen  into  the  mass. — Boston  Jou/- 
iial  of  Commerce. 


The  greatly-increased  price  of 
platinum  has  naturally  given  rise 
to  strenuous  efforts,  not  only  to 
find  a  satisfactory  substitute,  but 
to  discover  new  mines.  A  few 
months  ago,  Mexico  was  reported 
to  be  rich  in  platinum  ores,  and 
now  it  is  announced  that  ore  has 
been  found  in  Australia  containing 
nearly  160  pounds  of  platinum  to 
the  ton. 


(c).  High  pressure.—  That  the  i  (high) 
tick  may  join  easily  with  Per,  use  the 
IVtoid  direction  as  you  would  for  the 
corresponding  /,  as  in  I  pray,  IVtoidi- 
Per. 


MISCELLANEOUS   ARTICLES. 


135 


' 


DEATH    COMES    PAINLESSLY. 


A   SCIENTIFIC    OPINION    THAT  WILL   BE 
CONSOLING  TO   ALL   HUMANITY. 

The  signs  of  impending  death 
are  many  and  variable.  No  two 
instances  are  precisely  identical, 
yet  several  signs  are  common  to 
many  cases.  Shakespeare,  who 
observed  everything  else,  observed 
and  recorded  some  of  the  premoni- 
tory signs  of  death  also.  In  the 
account  of  the  death  of  Falstaff 
the  sharpness  of  the  nose,  the 
coldness  of  the  feet,  gradually  ex- 
tending upward,  the  picking  at 
the  bedclothes,  are  accurately  de- 
scribed. 

For  some  time  before  death  in- 
dications of  ite  approach  become 
apparent.  Speech  grows  thick 
and  labored,  the  hands,  if  raised, 
fall  instantly,  the  respiration  is 
difficult,  the  heart  loses  ite  power 
to  propel  the  blood  to  the  extrem- 
ities, which  consequently  become 
cold  ;  a  clammy 


136 


AMANUENSIS    PKACTICE. 


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moisture  oozes  through  the  pores 
of  the  skin,  the  voice  grows  weak 
and  husky  or  piping,  the  eyes  be- 
gin to  lose  their  lustre. 

In  death  at  old  age  there  is  a 
gradual  dulling  of  all  the  bodily 
senses  and  of  many  of  the  mental 
faculties ;  memory  fails,  judg- 
ment wavers,  imagination  goes  out 
like  a  candle^.  The  muscles  and 
tendons  get  stiff,  the  voice  breaks, 
the  chords  of  the  tabernacle  are 
loosening.  Small  noises  irritate, 
sight  become  dim,  nutrition  goes 
on  feebly,  digestion  is  impaired, 
the  secretions  are  insufficient  or 
vitiated,  or  cease,  capilliry  circu- 
lation is  clogged.  Finally,  the 
central  organ  of  the  circulation.... 


(a).  Candle. — Here  notice  and  imitate 
carefully  the  use  of  an  offset  for  the 
En-hook.  If  you  were  to  make  here  a 
perfect  En-hook,  you  could  not  join 
Lay. 


MISCELLANEOUS    ARTICLES. 


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comes  to  a  full  stop  and  this  stop- 
page means  dissolution.  This  is 
the  death  of  old  age,  which  few 
attain  to. 

Many  people  have  an  idea  that 
death  is  necessarily  painful,  even 
agonizing ;  but,  there  is  no  reason 
whatever  to  suppose  that  death  is 
more  painful  than  birth.  It  is 
because  in  a  certain  proportion  of 
cases  dissolution  is  accompanied 
by  a  visible  spasm  and  distortion^ 
of  the  countenance  that  the  idea 
exists,  but  it  is**  nearly  as  certain 
as  anything  can  be  that  these  dis- 
tortions of  the  facial  muscles  are 
not  only  painless,  but  take  place 
unconsciously.  In  many  instances, 
too,  a  comatose  or  semi-comatose 
state  supervenes,  and  it  is  alto- 
gether probable  that  more  or  less 
complete  unconsciousness  then  pre- 
vails. 

We  have,  too,  abundant  evi- 
dence of  people  who  have  been 
nearly  drowned  and  resuscitated, 
and  they  all  agree  in  the  state- 
ment that  after  a  few  moments  of 
painful 


(a).  Distortion, — Contracted  to  "  dis- 
to'tion." 

(6).  But  it  is.— Tetoida  (but)  plus  Tecs 
(it  is). 


138 


AMANUKNSIS   PRACTICE. 


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struggling,  fear  and  anxiety  pass 
away,  and  a  state  of  tranquility 
succeeds.  They  see  the  visions 
of  green  fields,  and  iu  some 
cases  hear  pleasing  music,  and, 
so  far  from  being  miserable, 
their  sensations  are  delightful. 
But  where  attempts  at  resuscitation 
are  successful  the  resuscitated  par- 
sons almost  invariably  protest 
against  being  brought  back  to  life, 
and  declare  that  resuscitation  is 
accompanied  by  physical  pain  and 
acute  mental  misery. 

Death  is  a  fact  which  every  man 
must  personally  experience,  and 
consequently  is  of  universal  inter- 
est ;  and  as  facts  are  facts,  the 
wiser  course  is  to  look  them 
squarely  in  the  face,  for  necessity 
is  coal-black  and  d-jath  keeps  no 
calendar.  — Medical  Journal. 


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MISCELLANEOUS    AHTICLES. 


139 


MEN   WHO   DO   WOMEN'S 
WORK. 

SOME  OF   T11E   OCCUPATIONS   IN  WHICH 

MALES   DO   THE    WORK   OF 

FEMALES. 

While  it  is  true  that  women 
have  to  a  great  extent  of  late  years 
taken  to  doing  men's  work,  it  is 
also  true  that  some  men  do  wo- 
man's work,  says  the  New  York 
Sun.  In  California,  Chinese  men 
are  largely  employed  as  domestic- 
servants,  and  wherever  Chinamen 
go  they  are  chiefly  employed  in 
laundries.  In  many  large  laun- 
dries where  new  shirts  are  done  up, 
expert  men  are  employed  who 
make  good  wages.  The  reason 
why  men  are  employed  on  new 
shirts  is  because  the  new  shirts 
require  more  strength  to  iron  them 
properly  than  shirts  that  have  been 
previously  laundered,  and  few  wo- 
men have  the  strength  to  do  the 
work  properly.  In  the  state-pris- 
ons men  are  commonly  employed 
at  laundry  work,  mainly  on  shirts. 
It  is  curious, 


140 


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by  the  way,  how  differently  a 
Chinaman  uses  an  iron  from  the 
method  employed  by  women. 
When  a  woman  uses  an  iron 
she  begins  with  it  at  the  right 
heat  for  use,  and  consequently  it 
soon  cools,  and  she  consumes  much 
time  in  changing  her  irons.  The 
Chinaman,  on  the  contrary,  gets 
his  iron  very  hot,  much  too  hct« 
for  use.  When  he  begins  to  use 
the  iron  lie  plunges  it  quickly  into 
cold  water''.  This  cools  the  sur- 
face for  a  moment.  The  heat  from 
the  interior  then  begins  to  come  to 
the  surface,  and  continues  to  do 
so  for  some  time,  about  as  fast  as 
it  is  cooled  by  use,  so  that  the 
necessity  for  the  frequent  chang- 
ing of  irons  is  obviated. 

Worth,  the  man-dressmaker,  of 
Paris,  has  counterparts  in  other 
countries.  The  largest  producer 
of  dress  patterns 


(a).  Too  hot. — This  phrase  is  nicely 
\\ntiru  by  writing  lletoid  (=/i-tick) 
plus  Tee.  lor  "  hot  "  iu  the  fourth  po- 
sition to  imply  a  preceding  to  for  (too. 

(6).  Cold  Wall •>-.  ronlractcd  to"col'- 
water,"  Kel-Wji>  tcr. 


MISCELLANEOUS    AUTICLES. 


141 


for  women  in  New  York  is  a  man, 
although  his  business  has  been  for 
many  years  conducted  in  the  name 
of  his  wife.  The  most  expensive 
and  best-fitting  dresses  that  wo- 
men wear  are  tailor-made  dresses, 
which  are  made  by  men.  The 
most  expensive  ladies'  hats  are 
made  by  men.  The  man-milliner 
is  proverbial. 

In  the  department  of  nursing, 
which  is  considered  specially  wo- 
men's work,  many  men  are  em- 
ployed. When  patients  are  help- 
less and  require  much  lifting,  it 
has  been  found  necessary  to  pro- 
cure strong  men,  because  women 
are  not  equal  to  the  hard  labor. 

Sewing  is  especially  women's 
work,  but  the  very  finest  and  best- 
paid  sewing  is  done  by  men  in 
fancy  tailoring.  Since  the  intro- 
duction of  the  sewing-machine  the 


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creased  in    those  brunches  where 

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the   work   is   heavy   and   requires 
strength  for  long  hours  of  labor. 

Although    cooking   is   regarded 

o/       /      f-&      /          Lvnerally   as  women's  work,    the 
-•^--  ^,""                                   best-paid  cooks  are  men.     In  the 

great  clubs,  hotels,  restaurants,  and 

\~v    s~*l  •—  /                     private  houses  where  fine  cooking 
'^*>     '                      T:~V           is  required,  the  best  cooks  sire  men. 

It  is  the  men  who  have  made  cook- 

^  ^^\^  </^r_  —  ' 

ing  one  of  the  fine  arts.     It  is  true, 

however,  that  the  artists   in  food 

J~  •  ^      .-^     /,^ 

disdain  to  be  called  cooks,  and  are 
known  as  chefs,   and  they  com- 

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mand  salaries  of  which  the  average 

lawyer  would  be  proud. 

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House-cleaning  is  looked  upon 
as  women's  work,  yet  there   are 

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establishments  that  will   clean   a 

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house  from  top  to  bottom  and  put 

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it  in  order,   and  employ   mostly 

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men  to  do  it. 

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M  I  Si '  KLI,ANEOUS    ARTICLES. 


143 


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WHAT  CORDOVAN  IS. 

HOW    HORSE-HIDES    ARK    NOW  TURNED 
INTO   LEATHER   OF   GREAT   VALUE. 


Cordovan,  the  name  by  which 
leather  made  from  the  hide  of  the 
horse  is  known,  has  become  an  im- 
portant factor  in  the  leather-mar- 
kets of  the  world.  Fifty  years  ago 
the  hide  of  the  horse  was  scarcely 
worth  tanning.  Of  late  years,  says 
Boots  and  Shoes,  there  has  been  a 
marked  change,  until  now  it  ranks 
among  the  most  valued  cf  our  shoe 
and  bag  leathers.  One  particular 
portion,  known  as  the  "shell," 
furnishes  upper  stock  equal  to 
many  of  the  fine  grades  of  calfskin, 
while  another  portion,  owing  to  its 
firmness,  provides  material  for  a 
strong,  pliant  leather,  well  suited 
for  I)oot-leg8  and  coarse  uppers,  as 
it  takes  a  fine  finish.... 


144 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


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and  wears  better  than  the  cowhide 
used  for  such  purposes.  The  softer 
portions  of  the  hide  are  worked 
up  into  stock  well  suited  to  light 
boot-tops,  bag  leather,  etc.  This 
result  is  due  entirely  to  a  long, 
patient  and  intelligent  study  of 
the  peculiarities  of  the  hide  and 
the  treatment  necessary  to  over- 
come the  natural  defects. 

By  one  of  nature's  unfathomed 
laws  the  horse  is  provided  with  a 
skin,  the  rump  portion  of  which  is 
entirely  different  from  that  of  any 
other  family  of  animals.  From  a 
line  drawn  directly  across  the 
rump  at  the  root  of  the  tail  the 
rump  is  virtually  covered  with 
three  thicknesses  of  skin.  The 
outer  is  similar  in  all  respects  to 
that  covering  other  portions  of  the 
body,  and  the  inner  skin  is  pre- 
cisely in  all  respects  similar  to  the 
flesh  side  of  the  skin  of  other  ani- 
mals. This  intermediate  skin.... 


MISCELLANEOUS    ARTICLES. 


145 


is  fibreless,  dense,  and  pliable,  and 
when  finished  into  leather  it  re- 
sembles calfskin  hi  texture,  has  a 
fine  surface,  wears  smooth,  takes 
and  holds  color  well,  and  possesses 
wearing  qualities  as  to  durability 
which  commend  it  and  place  it  on 
a  par  with  calfskin. 

In  the  process  of  tanning  and 
finishing,  the  outer  and  inner  por- 
tions are  entirely  removed,  leav- 
ing the  oblong,  oval,  fibreless,  por- 
tion spoken  of.  This  part,  after 
being  tanned  and  separated  from 
the  hide,  is  cut  into  forms.  The 
pieces  are  technically  known  as 
goloshes.  They  are  blacked  and 
finished  on  the  flesh  side,  separate- 
ly, and  packed  in  dozens,  accord- 
ing to  size,  and  sold  by  the  dozen. 
Large  sizes  are  relatively  scarce. 
The  tanning  and  finishing  of  these 
shells  requires  special  skill,  ......... 


146 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


ami  then;  arc  few  who  have  acquir- 
ed the  art  sufficiently  well  to  bring 
out  all  the  good  qualities  of  the 
leather.  But  when  treated  by 
skilled  experts  there  are  few 
leathers  that  are  better  adapted  to 
shoes  or  boots. 

The  part  of  the  hide  lying  be- 
tween the  shell  and  the  mane,  ex- 
tending from  the  backbone 
eighteen  to  twenty  inches  down 
the  animal's  sides,  is  of  the  weight 
of  cowhide,  and  when  tanned,  as 
now  is  cordovan,  is  admirably 
adapted  for  boots  and  heavy 
uppers.  It  finishes  smoothly  on 
the  flesh  side,  has  a  fine  grain, 
holds  its  color  well,  and  when 
made  up  into  foot-wear  is  flexible, 
retains  its  shape  and  is  remarkably 
durable ;  qualities,  however, 
which  are  due  to  the  treatment 
while  undergoing  the  process  by 
which  the  hide  is  converted  into 
leather.  If  not  properly  tanned 
and  curried,  the  spongy  nature  of 
the  hide  retains  a  supremacy  and 
the  leather  is  little,  if  any  better 
than  the  softest  and  poorest  of 
cowhide  or  even  sheepskin. 


MISCELLANEOUS   ARTICLES. 


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A   NEW    USE   FOR   SAWDUST. 

For  several  years  certain  Ger- 
mans have  been  experimenting, 
with  a  view  to  utilizing  sawdust  as 
a  material  for  mechanical  purposes. 
It  was  discovered  years  ago  that 
vegetable  fibre,  after  subjection  to 
certain  chemical  action,  and  after- 
wards to  a  pressure  sufficient  to 
expel  all  liquids  from  it,  could  be 
made  into  a  substance  almost  in- 
destructible by  the  elements,  and 
of  great  utility  in  the  mechanical 
and  ornamental  arts.  The  only 
trouble  has  been  from  the  fact 
that  but  a  few  kinds  of  fibre  were 
capable  of  the  transformation 
under  any  existing  formula.  It 
might  almost  be  said  that  there 
was  only  one  fibre  that,  so  em- 
ployed, produced  results  satisfac- 
tory in  respect  of  economy  of  man- 
ufacture and  beauty  and  usefulness 
of  the  resulting  product ;  and  that 
one  fibre  is  cotton,  its  delicate 
structure,  strength,  and  ready  sub- 
mission  


148 


AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 


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to  the  action  of  the  necessary 
chemicals  keeping  it  almost  alone 
in  its  adaptibility  for  the  pur- 
pose. Thus  far,  almost  the  only 
result  has  been  the  manufacture 
of  celluloid,  which  is  unsuitable 
for  any  but  the  finer  mcrhaii- 
ical  uses.  Scientists  claim,  how- 
over,  that  all  vegetable  fibre  is,  to 
a  certain  extent,  identical- that 
is,  having  its  essential  constitution 
in  common,  there  must  be  some 
means  by  which  the  coarser  kinds 
can  be  transformed  into  similar 
substances.  The  experimental 
processes  have  included  nearly  the 
entire  list  of  common  vegetables, 
but  within  the  last  few  years  at- 
tention has  been  especially  directed 
to  the  waste  products  of  the  saw- 
mill, especially  the  dust.  The 
first  results  were  the  production  of 
paper-pulp.  But  as  only  certain 
species  of  timber  could  be  used  sat- 
isfactorily for  that,  the  experi- 
ments have  been  continued  farther, 
with  a  view  to  not  only  using  any 
kind  of  sawdust, 


MISCELLANEOUS   ARTICLES. 


but  to  broaden  the  field,  so  as  to 
produce  a  substance  that  can  be 
used  for  more  general  purposes 
than  paper  or  celluloid,  and  which 
should,  if  possible,  combine  the 
best  characteristics  of  both  sub- 
stances. A  German  scientific 
journal  professes  to  give  the  results 
of  the  experiments  in  that  country 
thus  far.  It  claims  the  production 
of  a  substance  made  from  the  com- 
mon sawdust,  by  means  of  an  acid 
process,  that  promises  to  be  of 
great  value.  It  is  described  as  be- 
ing exceedingly  firm  of  texture 
and  of  great  hardness,  incapable 
of  being  bored  by  a  common  gim- 
let or  of  being  penetrated  by  a 
nail,  more  impervious  to  the 
action  of  the  elements  than  the 
ordinary  metals  or  the  common 
building  stones,  and  practically 
indestructible  by  fire,  a  Bunsen 
burner  simply  charring  the  ex- 
terior surface.  It  is  claimed  to  be 
stronger  than  timber  for  joists  and 
girders,  and  several  times  lighter 
than  iron 


150 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 


or  steel,  and,  above  all,  the  cost  of 
manufacture  is  claimed  to  ln>  s<> 
low  as  to  bring  it  into  competi- 
tion with  both  wood  and  iron. 
It  is  said  that  experiments  will 
be  made  to  still  further  decrease 
the  cost  and  increase  its  field 
of  influence,  and  that  its  man- 
ufacture is  to  be  pushed. — JVb/7/i- 
rt-estern  Lumberman. 


A.VASUIKSIS   MSACTJCE.  153 


INDEX  OF  THE  NOTES. 


A 

A  large  stock  -        pag*  90 

A,  name,  initial,  represented  by  «-tick    -  98 

A,  rm,  the,  omitted  when  in  the  way  of  a  desirable  phrase-sign  2  i 

A  chilled  wheel  75 

A  commission         -  17 

Accented  vowels  ;  insert  in  unfamiliar  words  26 

Against  your  company       -  -        110 

All,  added  by  El-hook  6,1 

All  of  us      -  -       126 

An  offset  for  the  hook  of  Hay  4& 

Ami  before  Fel,  Vel,  Thel,  Dhel    -  - 

And  joined  by  Tetoid  - 

Aad  all,  expressed  by  Kletoid    -  - 

Aad  as  such      -  -  - 

Aad  connection,  con  implied  - 

And  contents    - 

Aod  contents  noted  - 

Awl  of,  expressed  by  Kleftoid  - 

And  observe  that  you  could  not  execute  - 

And  on  being  weighed 

Aad  socially  - 

And  simply  calling  yu«r  attention 

Aud  will  therefore  - 

Ami,  when  written  by  Tetoid,  distinguished  from  or,  how  ?  -  88 

And,  written  by  Ketoid      -  -         30 

Aanual  meeting  71 

Amy,  when  to  be  vocalized  -         24 

A»y  further  information,  why  disjoin  Enshoa  ?          -  82 

Any  of  your  "17 

April  15th        -  98 

.tr-hook  implied   -  15 

An>  heifer,  form  for         -  48 

As  fine  as   -  -  1  iM 


154  AMANUENSIS   PRACTICE. 

At  all  events  11 

At  no  very  distant  day  70 

At  Jhe  least  109 

At  the  lower  extremity  128 

At  this  season  of  the  year  87 

At  three  days'  sight      -  23 

As  adapted  to  the  position  of  the  following  word  22 

-4s,  Iss2  enlarged  to  add  the  s  of  stated  63 

As  agreeable  as  possible     -  22 

As  may  be  most  agreeable      -  25 

As  our  property      -  110 

As  stated  63,  67 

As  to  his     -  63 

As  we   -  -                            63 

B 

Baggage  checked    -  -                       -         74 

£arraud=Bax6  26 

Be  not  puffed  up,  auxiliary  joined  to  principal  verb  -                      10 

Before  they  are  127 

Beg  to  say  that       -  -          37 

Breaking  up  speech-phrases  in  writing  81 

Brief  Way  used  for  a  name-initial  -          94 

Bringing  up      -  82 

But  it  is  137 

By  that  firm     -  93 

By  our        -  -        115 

C 

Call  your  attention,  your  omitted  -          69 

Campbell  Printing  Press  Mnfg.  Cu.,  contraction  for  -        92,  106 

Cau  secure  -        109 

Candle  136 

Capable  of  being  worked  up  -        124 

Carbonic  acid   -                                                 ...  133 

Circle,  most  convenient  way  of  turning    -  38 

Circle  turned  to  imply  a  hook                          -  -            -         10,  25 

Cold  water  -                                 140 

Com  implied     -  17,  23,  67 

Commerce,  where  to  write  it                     -  -            -                      1  -2 

Commissions     -  9 

Complains  that    -            -  -                       113 


AMANUENSIS   PHACTICE.  155 

Con,  when  not  expressed  by  the  dot          -  75 

Conn  implied                                                      -                        -  67 

Conn  omitted                                                -                         -  67 

Consistently  with  the  £9 

Controlled  it                                   -                                                  -  64 

D 

Dangerous  operation    -                        ....  15 
Dependent  infinitives  joined  to  objects    -                        -                37   38 

Dheedher,  in  first,  second,  and  third  positions           -            -  94 

Dhr  15 

Disjoining  for  legibility                                   ...  14. 

Disjoining  to  give  the  hand  a  new  impulse                 29,  note  d,  30,  n.  9 

Distortion         -                          -....  137 

Dormeuil                                                                      ...  7 

Double  period  for  a  paragraph                                                 .  68 

During  his  stay                                                        -                        -  26 

E 

Ease  of  junction,  how  obtained                        -                        -  16 

East  Centre                                      .....  99 

Em  widened  to  add  p  60 
Enclosed  circulars                           -            -            -            -            -110 

En-hook,  omission  of  -                           -                          -            -  59 

Ens  circle  distinguished  from  simple  circle                         67,  69,  94,  108 

F 

Favors t  written  by  Vers3                                         -            -            -  72 

Five  thousand  pounds                                                               -  23 

For  a  few  days       -                                     ....  87 

For  complaint  is                         .....  74 

For  our                                            .....  gg 

For  running  its                         -                                     -            -  114 

For  the,  when  to  disjoin                 -                                                 -  14 

For  the  present                         -            -                                     -  21 

For  the  same                                                                         -            -  108 

For  some  time  -                                                    ...  123 

Forms  occasionally  changed  for  convenience  of  phrasing             -  90 

Fractions,  how  to  write  them                                         -  68 

Freely  command  our  services         -                                                   -  23 

French  words,  promnciation  and  writing  of  -                            i>(5,  85,  105 

From  having  neglected      -  11 

Fully  up                                     -  81 


156  A3*ASUENSIS   P&iCTSCE. 

G 

G.  P.  &  T.  A.    -  7=; 

General  Mmiw/ei;  contraction  for  ">7.  *'>- 

General  population  of  this  section  of  the  country        -  117 

Gothenberg  74 

H 

1  l-tirk  used  for  initial  7/in  name-phnaf*-s  !•">.  74,  '.':! 

Hand-made        -  50 

Haul  in       -  112 

Have  been  given  115 

Heretofore  l'l 

High  pressure  134 
Hilgard        -                                                                                              -        131 

Hoosac  Tunnel  Line  56- 

ffouses,  hook  made  by  offset  $ 


I  am  favored 

I  am  truly  concerned 

I  am  very  much  surprised 

I  beg  leave 

1  beg  to  assure  you  that 

I  concede 

I  have  given  it  some  very  severe  teste 

I  have  held 

I  inform  you  that 

If  you  happen  to  have 

In  consideration  of  your  having 

IB,  connection  with  the 

In  feiilures 

IB.  fitting  up 

In  fulfilling,  another  instance  of  an  offset  for  a  hook 

la  his  favor 

/;?-hook,  use  of  -  - 

la  line        - 

la  my  bill  of  lading      - 

la  the  cars  - 

In  the  smoking-room   - 

In  the  scale 

In  that  case       ----- 


AMANUENSIS   PRAC'EICE.  157 

In  reporting  that  we  91 

In  rendering  us  -84 

Informing  you  that  your  37 

lay  implied  by  the  the-tick  41 

fny-dot,  in  what  words  most  commonly  used  82 
Iny-dot,  omitted                                                         11,  23,  64.  67,  84,  105 

Invite  your  attention  -  89 

Is  smaller  than      -  -        126 

Is  to,  «*  to  71 

Iss2  enlarged  to  add  s  of  stated        -  67 

ft  added  by  shortening  -               63 

It  is  probable  that  87 

It  stands  to  reason  that  we  cannot                   ...  47 


Joining  a  dependent  infinitive      -  20 

K 

Kansas  City 

Ketoid,  Dedoid,  Ketoid  for  "  &-0-A  " 

L 

Lapping,  a  substitute  for  joining        -  20,  21,  50^,  51,  68,  83 

Last  fall     -  92 

Leave  or  license  113 

Legibility  aided  by  disjoining       -  14 

Less  than  6&,  94 

Less  than  one  hour  -         84 

Life  written  with  El  to  admit  of  joining  64 

Little  over  -        116 

Long-leaf  pine  -            -  123 
Lorent          -----                         -.7 

M 

M.  D.    -  67 

Mac  -         61 

McL.  89 

M.  L«  Roche  -          29 

Monsieur,  how  written  85 

N 

Name  and  address  on  business  letters 
Necessary  circulars 


158  AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 

Nearly  117 

No  avail,  how  to  distinguish  from  .A'o  ruhir            -  -          83 

Non-payment  -                                                 -  -            -                36 

o 

Of  added  by  Ef-hook                                               -  -         61 

Of  written  instead  of  implied   -----  55 

Of  his  house  22 

Of  our  deceased  partner                                     -  21 

Of  the  not  to  be  implied    -                                     ...  72 

Offer  should  be  vocalized                                   ...  g 

Offset  for  hook  of  h  -                      59 

Omissions         -  -                35 
Omission  of  a     -                              -----          75 

Omission  of  and  -            -          47,  73 

Omission  of  con      -  G7 

Omission  of  En-hook.   -  -                59 

Omission  of  Ing-dot  -        64,  91,  105 

Omission  of  H  47,  51,  59,  109,  110 
Omission  of  of                                                             24,  27,  28,  29,  41,  71 

Omission  of  or    -  -          99 

Omission  of  s  61 

Omission  of  t  -            -           105 

Omission  of  than  -            -         84 

Omission  of  the  -         91,109 

Omission  of  to  -   45,  47,  62,  94 

Omission  of  with  -         60,  65 

Omission  of  your  69,  89,  99 

Omission  of  letters       -  -               38 

Omission  of  proper  names  108 

Omission  of  words    -  11,  21 

On  his  house     -  -               25 

On  spirits  of  turpentine     -  -         87 

On  the,  not  joined,  why  107 

On  the  shortest  notice  -  -             105 

On  this  order         -  53 

One  of  our  quarter  sections  71 

One  way  or  the  other      -  99 

Or  distinguished  from  r/wMick  25 

Or  Imre  (Item,  how  to  make  easy  junctions  8 

Or  his  draft  25 

Or  territory       -            -  88 


AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE.  159 

Ought  not  to  allow  14 

Out  of  our  power        -  28 

Overrated                                      -----  75 


Paid  up  policy         -  -        68 

Paragraph  indicated  by  double  period  i 

Patent  Elastic  Chain  Stopper  81 

Pee-Bee,  how  to  write  easily  -        72 

Period  mark  may  be  omitted  81 

Phrases,  rules  for  making  10,  30 

Pittsburgh,  contraction  for  60 

Please  explain  this  -        61 

Potter  Power  Press      -  94 

Prepositions  joined  to  their  objects         -  26,  93 

Present  tense  written  for  past  17 

Prior  to  its  42 

Promptly  as  possible  61 

B 

Relative  population  -      116 

Return  their  compliments         -  42 

Richard,  how  to  make  junction  easy  -        22 

Rothschild,  German  pronunciation  of  47 

Rouen  -        27 

Ryder,  Ray  sloped  more  than  usual  26 

s 

Salt  water  -     113 

Shall  be  paid  20 

Showing  the  -      115 

Similar  outlines  distinguished  by  different  positions  21 

Sixty-inch  bed          -  -        93 

So  as  to  insure  me  30 

Southern  class  -        68 

Spetsoid  '=f/s  to  his  63 

State  analysis  -      117 

Storage;  131 

T 

Taken  it  63 

Taking  his  drafts                                       ....  23 


160  AMANUENSIS    PRACTICE. 

Tee  for  to  65 

Than  117 

That  he  will  arrive  71 

That  their  guarantee         -  94 

That  you  will  also  render  his  stay  22 

Theatrical  permits  73 

The  acceptor     -  18 

Their  added  hy  Mr-tick       -  42 

Thirty  bags  of  cotton     -  2'.' 

This  information    -  14 

This  right  of  way  secured  69 

Thomas  Williams  -  38 

Three-twentieths  68 

To  a  certainty         -  121) 

To  advance        -  -4 

To  another    -  <V>,  111 

Ta  completing  the  -        107 

To  favor  us  -  21 

To  hope  that  21 

To  implied  by  hook  of  Hay  in  the  f,mrth  j  visit  ion                                     35 

To  make  an  arrangement  with  you  111 

To  measures  38 

To  omitted  42 

To,,  when  not  to  imply  by  fourth  pjsitaou  -                                        21,  27 

To  the  written  by  Petoid  in  fourth  p.wition  35,  11& 

T-hot  140 

Too  implied  by  fourth  position  -          60 

Track-laying     -  70 

Trel-,  control-led,  shortened  to  add  ,'t  -  04 

Turning  the  circle  so  as  to  imply  something  22 

-ty  in  numbers,  how  expressed  12,  29,  41,  76,  93 


)  "<«-hook  used  instead  of  a  stroke                                         -    •        -  11 

Via  Chicago        -  89 

Vice -President         -  70 
Vocalize  to  insure  legibility       -                                                    -    24,  n.  c. 

AY 

II"  initial,  sometimes  expressed  by  Brief-Way  94 

II   initial.  smni'tiiiH's  omittvd  -          82 

Way-Iss-Ket  distinguished  from  Way-Iss-Kirt  tl'.t 


AMANUENSIS  PRACTICE.                                          161 

We  beg  leave,  a  special  contraction  for    -  -22 

We  remain  your  obedient  servants  -                                                     99 

We  shall  form  a  connection  -         21 

We  want  to  say  to  you  that  the  94 

Were  not  given      -  -         63 

Where  there  are  88 

Where  they  are  boiled       -  -        124 

White  and  colored  people  115 

Whose  life  64 

Will  be  paid  21 

With,  omission  of  11,  65,67 

With  regard  to  suspending  the      -  41 

Within  the  last  decade  115 

Within  the  period  -        117 

Without  change  68 

Would  not  materially  affect  the  -         76 


You  furnished  us  94 

Your  attention  -  30 

Your  very  obedient  servants         -  -         24 

Yours  truly      -  56 

& 

"&  Co."  provided  for  by  lapping  -         24 

"&0-A."         -            -                        ....  62 


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